牡丹

Chinese
male
 
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
simp. and trad.
(牡丹)		 牡 丹
牡丹

Pronunciation

Noun

牡丹

  1. tree peony

Synonyms
  • 木芍藥／木芍药

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (牡丹):

Others:

Proper noun

牡丹

  1. (～區) Mudan (a district of Heze, Shandong, China)
  2. (～鄉) Mudan (a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung, Taiwan)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
牡 丹
ぼ
Jinmeiyō		 たん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 牡丹 (MC məuX tɑn).

Pronunciation

Noun

牡丹 (hiragana ぼたん, katakana ボタン, rōmaji botan)

  1. a peony, especially the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa
    Synonyms: 国色 (kokushoku), 天香国色 (tenkō kokushoku), 隣草 (tonarigusa), 名取草 (natorigusa), 富貴草 (fūkigusa), 深見草 (fukamigusa)
  2. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of peony petals and twigs
  3. (historical) boar meat
  4. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)色 (いろ) (botan-iro)
  • 牡 (ボ)丹 (タン)鸚 (イン)哥 (コ) (botan inko)
  • 牡 (ボ)5 (タ)丹 (ン)海 (エ)老 (ビ), 牡 (ボ)丹 (タン)蝦 (エビ) (botan ebi)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)花 (か) (botanka)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)唐草 (からくさ) (botan karakusa)
  • 牡 (ボ)丹 (タン)杏 (キョウ) (botankyō)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)江 (こう) (Botan-kō)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)桜 (ざくら) (botan-zakura)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)卵 (たまご) (botan tamago)
  • 牡丹 (ボタン)蔓 (ヅル) (botanzuru)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)亭 (てい) (Botantei)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)灯 (どう)籠 (ろう) (botan-dōrō)
  • 牡 (ボ)丹 (タン)菜 (ナ) (botanna)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)鍋 (なべ) (botan nabe)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)刷 (ば)毛 (け) (botan-bake)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)鱧 (はも) (botan hamo)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)皮 (ぴ) (botanpi)
  • 牡 (ボ)丹 (タン)防風 (ボウフウ) (botan bōfū)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (た)餅 (もち) (botamochi)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)槍 (やり) (botan yari)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)雪 (ゆき) (botan yuki)
  • 石 (いし)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (ishibotan)
  • 蟹 (かに)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (kani botan)
  • 寒 (かん)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (kanbotan)
  • 狐 (きつね)の牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (kitsune no botan)
  • 杏 (ぎょう)葉 (よう)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (gyōyō botan)
  • 草 (クサ)牡 (ボ)丹 (タン) (kusa-botan)
  • 黒 (くろ)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (kurobotan), 黒 (こく)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (kokubotan)
  • 華 (けまん)鬘 (ぼ)牡 (た)丹 (ん) (keman botan)
  • 近衛 (このえ)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (konoe botan)
  • 台木 (だいぎ)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (daigi botan)
  • 天竺 (テンジク)牡 (ボ)丹 (タン) (Tenjiku botan)
  • 野 (ノ)牡 (ボ)丹 (タン) (nobotan)
  • 葉 (ハ)牡丹 (ボタン) (habotan)
  • 藤 (フジ)牡 (ボ)丹 (タン) (fuji botan)
  • 冬 (ふゆ)牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (fuyu botan)
  • 松 (マツ)葉 (バ)牡 (ボ)丹 (タン) (matsuba botan)
  • 類葉 (ルイヨウ)牡 (ボ)丹 (タン) (ruiyō botan)
Idioms

Proper noun

牡丹 (hiragana ぼたん, rōmaji Botan)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
牡 丹
ぼう
Jinmeiyō		 たん
Grade: S
on’yomi

/botan/ → /boːtan/

Long-pronounced form, replacing the kanyōon reading bo with the kan'on reading of bō. Primarily used in haiku, for example.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

牡丹 (hiragana ぼうたん, katakana ボウタン, rōmaji bōtan)

  1. a peony
  2. a 小袖 (kosode, “short-sleeved robe”) worn by maidservants of the Imperial Palace
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
牡丹

Noun

牡丹 • (moran) (hangeul 모란)

  1. Hanja form? of 모란 (“peony”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
牡丹

Noun

牡丹

  1. Hán tự form of mẫu đơn (“peony”).
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