日の丸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	丸
ひ Grade: 1	まる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 日 (hi, “sun”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 丸 (maru, “circle”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひのまる [híꜜnòmàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çino̞ma̠ɾɯ̟]

Noun

日(ひ)の丸(まる) • (hinomaru)

a circle, usually colored red or gold, shaped like a round sun; in ancient times, imprinted on hand fans and 指物 (sashimono)
(colloquial) short for 日の丸の旗 (hinomaru no hata) a flag depicting a red sun on a white background, especially when pertaining to the national flag of Japan
(by extension, colloquial) Japan (in general) or the Japanese government

Derived terms

日(ひ)の丸(まる)御(ご)城(じょう)米(まい) (hinomaru gojōmai)
日(ひ)の丸(まる)の旗(はた) (hinomaru no hata)
日(ひ)の丸(まる)幟(のぼり) (hinomaru nobori)
日(ひ)の丸(まる)飛(ひ)行(こう)隊(たい) (Hinomaru Hikōtai)
日(ひ)の丸(まる)弁(べん)当(とう) (hinomaru bentō)
親(おや)方(かた)日(ひ)の丸(まる) (oyakata hinomaru)

Idioms

日(ひ)の丸(まる)を背(せ)負(お)う (hinomaru o seou)

Descendants

→ English: Hinomaru

See also

日(にっ)章(しょう)旗(き) (Nisshōki, the national flag of Japan)

References

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