国色

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国色 – see 國色 (“most beautiful woman of a country; national beauty; peony”). (This term is the simplified form of 國色).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	色
こく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
國色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 國色 / 国色 (kwok srik, literally “nation + beauty”). Compare modern Mandarin 國色／国色 (guósè, “most beautiful woman of a country; peony”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こくしょく [kòkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

国(こく)色(しょく) • (kokushoku)

most beautiful woman of a country
synonym of 牡丹 (botan, “peony”)

Synonyms

(peony): 天香国色(てんこうこくしょく) (tenkōkokushoku), 皇(すべらぎ)の花(はな) (suberagi no hana)

References

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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