生け花

Japanese
生け花 (ikebana): a floral arrangement in the ikebana style.
Kanji in this term
生 花
い(け)
Grade: 1		 はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 生け (ike, “making something come alive”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 生ける (ikeru, “to make something live”)) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”).[1][2][3] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いけ​ばな [ìkéꜜbànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ike̞ba̠na̠]

Noun

生(い)け花(ばな) • (ikebana) 

  1. flower arrangement, →ikebana
  2. the discipline of flower arrangement, as something to be studied and practiced
    Synonym: 華道 (kadō)

Hyponyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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