国色

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国色 – see 國色 (“most beautiful woman of a country; national beauty; peony”). (This term, 国色, is the simplified form of 國色.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	色
こく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
國色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 國色／国色 (kwok srik, literally “nation + beauty”). Compare modern Mandarin 國色／国色 (guósè, “most beautiful woman of a country; peony”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) こくしょく [kòkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

国(こく)色(しょく) • (kokushoku)

most beautiful woman of a country
peony

Synonyms

(peony): 牡丹(ぼたん) (botan), 天香国色(てんこうこくしょく) (tenkōkokushoku)

References

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

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN