雛菊

See also: 雏菊

Chinese

chick; young bird chrysanthemum
trad. (雛菊) 雛 菊
simp. (雏菊) 雏 菊

Pronunciation

Noun

雛菊

  1. daisy (Bellis perennis)
  2. (Taiwan, figurative) underage female prostitute

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雛 菊
ひな
Jinmeiyō 		きく > ぎく
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 雛 (hina, “mini”) +‎ 菊 (kiku, “chrysanthemum”). The kiku changes to giku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First recorded in a botanical work from 1884.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひなぎく [hìnáꜜgìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [çina̠ɡʲikɯ̟]

Noun

雛(ひな)菊(ぎく) or 雛菊(ヒナギク) • (hinagiku) 

  1. [from 1884] a daisy: a wild flowering plant with a yellow head and white petals, family Asteraceae, species Bellis perennis
    Synonyms: 延命菊 (enmeigiku, literally “long-life chrysanthemum”), デージー (dējī)

Usage notes

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

Proper noun

雛(ひな)菊(ぎく) • (Hinagiku) 

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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