Chinese

Japanese

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From the poem "賞牡丹" by 李正封, which is "國色朝酣酒﹐天香夜染衣。".

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) てんこうこくしょく [tèńkóókókúshókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞ːko̞kɯᵝɕo̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

天香国色 ‎(hiragana てんこうこくしょく, romaji tenkōkokushoku, historical hiragana てんかうこくしょく)

1. peony

Synonyms

• (peony): 牡丹 (ぼたん) ‎(botan), 国色 (こくしょく) ‎(kokushoku)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9