花魁

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Chinese

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flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
chief; head
trad. (花魁)
simp. #(花魁)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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花魁

  1. queen of flowers, referring especially to plum blossom
  2. (literary, historical) the most famous courtesan in a brothel; famous prostitute

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (花魁):
  • Japanese: (おい)(らん) (oiran)
  • Vietnamese: hoa khôi (花魁)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おいらん
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Etymology

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/oira no//oiran/

A contraction of 己等 (oira, first-person pronoun) + (no, possessive particle). Young assistants used to call their elder courtesans 己等の (oira no), an ellipse for 己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally "my elder sister").[1]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 花魁 (huākuí).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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花魁(おいらん) (oiran

  1. (archaic, slang) an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara)
  2. any high-ranking courtesan
    Synonym: 太夫 (tayū)
  3. a prostitute

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Tày

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Noun

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花魁 (hoa khôi)

  1. Nôm form of hoa khôi (a beautiful female).

References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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花魁

  1. chữ Hán form of hoa khôi (a beauty queen).