蓮華

Japanese

Alternative spelling
蓮花

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蓮華

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Nelumbo nucifera

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From Middle Chinese 蓮華 (MC len hwae).

First cited in Japanese to a text from 940.^[1]

蓮(れん)華(げ) or 蓮華(レンゲ) • (renge)

[from 940] a lotus flower
Synonym: 蓮の花 (hasu no hana)
[from 970] a lotus plant
Synonym: 蓮華草 (rengesō)
[date uncertain] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the lotus in the design
[from 1110] short for 蓮華座 (rengeza, “lotus throne”), the lotus-shaped dais on which Buddhist statuary is placed
蓮華, レンゲ: [from 1911] short for 散り蓮華 (chiri renge, “a traditional Asian-style porcelain flat-bottomed soup spoon”)
レンゲですくう
renge de sukuu
to scoop with a Chinese spoon
Synonym of 紫雲英 (genge, “Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milkvetch)”)

^ “蓮華”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN