石楠花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	楠	花
しゃく Grade: 1	なん > な Jinmeiyō	け > げ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
石南花

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しやくなげ [shìyákúnágé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕija̠kɯ̟na̠ɡe̞]

Noun

石(しゃく)楠(な)花(げ) or 石楠花(シャクナゲ) • (shakunage) ^{←しやくなげ (syakunage)^?}

various rhododendron species of the subgenus Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes

Usage notes

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

See also

躑躅(つつじ) (tsutsuji, “rhododendron”) (hypernym)
さつき (satsuki, “azalea”) (Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum)

References

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