山茶花

Chinese

		camellia	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (山茶花)		山茶	花
simp. #(山茶花)		山茶	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāncháhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄔㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ caa⁴ faa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāncháhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shancháhua
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻa²-hua¹
    • Yale: shān-chá-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shancharhua
    • Palladius: шаньчахуа (šanʹčaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāncháhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shancháhuar
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻa²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shān-chá-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shancharhual
    • Palladius: шаньчахуар (šanʹčaxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ caa⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: sāan chàh fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsaa⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ca⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹ faː⁵⁵/

Noun

山茶花

1. camellia

Synonyms

• 茶花 (cháhuā)
• 山茶 (shānchá)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	茶	花
さん > さ Grade: 1	さ > ざん Grade: 2	か Grade: 1
irregular		kan'on

/sansaka/ → /sanzaka/ → /sazanka/.

Sound shift from sansaka (see below).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さざんか [sàzáꜜǹkà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠zã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

山(さ)茶(ざん)花(か) or 山茶花(サザンカ) • (sazanka) ^{←さざんくわ (sazankwa) or サザンクワ (sazankwa)?}

1. the sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), a species of camellia

   Hypernym: 椿 (tsubaki)

Derived terms

• 山茶花(サザンカ)薔薇(イバラ) (sazanka ibara)
• 尖(トガリ)葉(バ)山茶花(サザンカ) (togariba sazanka)
• 姫(ヒメ)山茶花(サザンカ) (hime-sazanka)

Proper noun

山(さ)茶(ざん)花(か) • (Sazanka) ^{←さざんくわ (Sazankwa)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	茶	花
さん Grade: 1	さ Grade: 2	か Grade: 1
kan'on	tōon	kan'on

Appears in the Nippo Jisho.

Borrowed from Chinese 山茶花 (shāncháhuā), equivalent to 山茶 (sancha → sansa/sanza, “camellia”) +‎ 花 (ka, affix for "flower").

Noun

山(さん)茶(さ)花(か) • (sansaka) ^{←さんさくわ (sansakwa)?}
(alternative reading hiragana さんざか, rōmaji sanzaka, historical hiragana さんざくわ)

1. (obsolete) the sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), a species of camellia

See also

• 椿(ツバキ) (tsubaki, “camellia”)