夜咲睡蓮

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	咲	睡	蓮
よ Grade: 2	さ(き) > ざ(き) Grade: S	すい Grade: S	れん Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi		on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) +‎ 咲 (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 咲く (saku, “to bloom”)) +‎ 睡蓮 (suiren, “water lily”). The saki changes to zaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞za̠kʲi sɨiɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

夜(よ)咲(ざき)睡(すい)蓮(れん) or 夜咲睡蓮(ヨザキスイレン) • (yozaki suiren) 

1. Nymphaea lotus, the white Egyptian lotus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヨザキスイレン.

Synonyms

• エジプト睡(スイ)蓮(レン) (Ejiputo suiren)