猩々袴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猩	猩	袴
しょう Hyōgai	しょう > じょう Hyōgai	はかま > ばかま Jinmeiyō
goon		kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “orangutan hakama”, compound of 猩々(しょうじょう) (shōjō, “orangutan”) + 袴(はかま) (hakama, “hakama- traditional Japanese trousers”). The hakama changes to bakama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

猩(しょう)々(じょう)袴(ばかま) or 猩々袴(ショウジョウバカマ) • (shōjōbakama) 

1. Oriental swamp pink, Heloniopsis orientalis

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).