Japanese

山査子 (sanzashi): the flower of the Chinese hawthorn.

Alternative forms

• 山樝子

Noun

山査子 ‎(hiragana さんざし, katakana サンザシ, romaji sanzashi)

1. a hawthorn
2. (more specifically) Crataegus cuneata: a Chinese hawthorn

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as サンザシ.

Of the two kanji spellings, 山査子 appears to be more common.

References

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

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan