朝顔

Japanese
Kanji in this term
朝 顔
あさ
Grade: 2		 かお > がお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
朝顔

Noun

朝顔 (hiragana あさがお, katakana アサガオ, rōmaji asagao)

  1. morning glory

Usage notes

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

Descendants
  • Min Nan: a-sá-gá-o͘h

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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