三色菫

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 三色菫 – see 三色蓳 (“wild pansy”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 三色蓳).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 色 菫
さん
Grade: 1 		しき
Grade: 2 		すみれ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi goon kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “three colour violet”, 三色(さんしき) (sanshiki, “three colour”) + 菫(すみれ) (sumire, “violet”)

Noun

三(さん)色(しき)菫(すみれ) or 三色菫(サンシキスミレ) • (sanshiki sumire) 

  1. wild pansy, love-in-idleness, Viola tricolor

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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