優曇華

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	曇	華
う Grade: 6	どん Grade: S	げ Grade: S
goon

Etymology

Clipping of 優曇波羅華 (udonharage), from 優曇波羅 (udonhara), a transliteration of Sanskrit उडुंबर (uḍuṃbara, literally “auspicious flower from heaven”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うどんげ [ùdóńgé] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) うどんげ [ùdóꜜǹgè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟dõ̞ŋɡe̞]

Noun

優(う)曇(どん)華(げ) • (udonge)

cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)

References

^ “優曇波羅華”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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

[1] “優曇波羅華”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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

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