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六つの花

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
はな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Noun phrase consisting of 六つ (mutsu, six) +‎ (no, genitive particle) +‎ (hana, flower), from the hexagonal shape of snowflakes.[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1487.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()つの(はな) (mutsu no hana

  1. [from 1487] (literary) snow
    Synonyms: (standard prosaic term) (yuki), (literary) 六出 (rikushutsu), (literary) 六花 (rikka), (literary) 六辺香 (rokuhenkō)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 六つの花”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 六つの花”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN