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金銀花

金銀花

See also: 金银花

Chinese

metal; money; gold
trad. (金銀花) 銀花
simp. (金银花) 银花

Noun

金銀花

  1. flower of the Japanese honeysuckle or Lonicera japonica (A flower used in traditional Chinese medicine to "detoxify" and to treat influenza.)

References


Japanese

金銀花 (kinginka): the Japanese honeysuckle.
Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ぎん
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese. Literally “gold silver flower”. Compare modern Chinese simplified 金银花 and traditional 金銀花 (jīnyínhuā).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

金銀花 (hiragana きんぎんか, romaji kinginka)

  1. (rare) the Japanese honeysuckle plant, Lonicera japonica.
  2. the flower of the Japanese honeysuckle

Usage notes

More commonly called スイカズラ (suikazura) in Japanese.[1][2]

Synonyms

  • 忍冬 (スイカズラ, suikazura; にんどう, nindō)
  • 吸い葛 (すいかずら, suikazura)

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9