ぼたん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼたん – see the following entries.

【ボタン】

[noun] [from 1651] a button (clothing)

[noun] [from 1885] a button (mechanical device)

Alternative spellings
釦, 鈕

【牡丹】

[noun] a peony, especially the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of peony petals and twigs

[noun] (historical) boar meat

[noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of June

[proper noun] a place name

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a female given name

Alternative spelling
ボタン

(This term, ぼたん (botan), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぼたん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぼたん.)