立花

Japanese

Etymology 1
立花 (Tachibana): the Tachibana kamon or family crest.
Kanji in this term
立 花
たち
Grade: 1		 はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 立ち (tachi, “standing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 立つ tatsu, “to stand”) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ta̠t͡ɕiba̠na̠]

Proper noun

立(たち)花(ばな) • (Tachibana) 

  1. a surname
  2. any of various place names
  3. a school or style of ikebana
Usage notes

The rikka reading may be more common for the ikebana school sense.

Etymology 2
立花 (rikka, tachibana): a painting of an ikebana arrangement in the Rikka style.
Kanji in this term
立 花
りつ > りっ
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

/rikkwa/ → /rikka/

Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 立花 (MC liɪp̚ hˠua, “lit. stand + flower”) or 立華 (MC liɪp̚ hˠua, “lit. stand + flower”).

Alternatively, coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components.

Alternative forms
  • 立華

Pronunciation

Noun

立(りっ)花(か) • (rikka) ←りつくわ (ritukwa)?

  1. (Buddhism) a style of floral arrangement as an offering, typically using branches of pine or plum placed upright in a copper vase

Proper noun

立(りっ)花(か) • (Rikka) ←りつくわ (ritukwa)?

  1. a school or style of ikebana
  2. An area in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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