呉の藍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呉	藍
くれ Grade: S	あい Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE); derivative term kurenai (see Derived terms) already attested earlier in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Compound of 呉 (くれ) (Kure, “China”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 藍 (あい) (ai, “indigo → dye → any plant used as dye”).

Noun

呉の藍 (hiragana くれのあい, rōmaji Kure-no-ai, historical hiragana くれのあゐ)

(archaic, possibly obsolete) the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius
Synonyms: 紅 (kurenai), 紅花 (kōka, benibana), 末摘花 (suetsumuhana)

Derived terms

紅 (くれない) (kurenai, “crimson; safflower”)

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