歳寒三友

See also: 歲寒三友 and 岁寒三友

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歳	寒	三	友
さい Grade: S	かん Grade: 3	さん Grade: 1	ゆう Grade: 2
goon	kan’on

Etymology

From Mandarin 歲寒三友 (suìhán sānyǒu), equivalent to 歳寒 (さいかん) (saikan, “winter”) + 三 (さん)友 (ゆう) (san'yū, literally “three friends”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) さいかんさんゆう [sàíkáń sáꜜǹ'yùù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sa̠ikã̠ɰ̃ sã̠ɰ̃jɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

歳寒三友 (hiragana さいかんさんゆう, rōmaji saikan san'yū, historical hiragana さいかんさんいう)

a motif in Chinese art featuring the "three friends of winter": pine (or daffodil), bamboo, and plum blossom

See also

松竹梅 (しょうちくばい) (shōchikubai, “pine, bamboo, and plum blossom as a set”)
水仙 (すいせん) (suisen, “daffodil”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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