The name Ikebana in Chinese / Japanese...
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Ikebana
ikebana
生け花 is the Japanese term ikebana, meaning living or live flower arrangement.
The literal translation is simply “living flowers.”
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
花 see styles |
huā hua1 hua ririka りりか |
More info & calligraphy: Flower(1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best; (female given name) Ririka 華 puṣpa, a flower, flowers; especially the lotus, and celestial flowers. 花座 The lotus throne on which buddhas and bodhisattvas sit. |
生け花 see styles |
ikebana いけばな |
More info & calligraphy: Ikebana |
剣山 see styles |
tsurugiyama つるぎやま |
(See 生け花・1) needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog; (personal name) Tsurugiyama |
插花 see styles |
chā huā cha1 hua1 ch`a hua cha hua |
flower arranging; ikebana |
池坊 see styles |
ikebou / ikebo いけぼう |
(1) (surname) Ikenobō; (2) (organization) Ikenobō (school of ikebana); (surname) Ikebou |
活花 see styles |
seika / seka せいか ikebana いけばな |
(1) flower arrangement; (2) fresh flowers; flower arrangement |
流派 see styles |
liú pài liu2 pai4 liu p`ai liu pai ryuuha / ryuha りゅうは |
tributary (stream); (fig.) school (of thought); genre; style school (e.g. of ikebana) |
異派 see styles |
iha いは |
(See 流派) different school (e.g. of ikebana) |
華壇 see styles |
kadan かだん |
(See 生け花・1) world of ikebana; ikebana circles |
根締め see styles |
nejime ねじめ |
(1) pounding down earth around the roots of a tree; (2) adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana |
水あげ see styles |
mizuage みずあげ |
(noun/participle) (1) landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); (2) catch (of fish); takings; (3) sales (of a shop); (noun/participle) (4) defloration (e.g. of a geisha); (5) preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana) |
水揚げ see styles |
mizuage みずあげ |
(noun/participle) (1) landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); (2) catch (of fish); takings; (3) sales (of a shop); (noun/participle) (4) defloration (e.g. of a geisha); (5) preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana) |
活け花 see styles |
ikebana いけばな |
flower arrangement |
現代華 see styles |
gendaika げんだいか |
gendaika; modern, non-traditional school of ikebana |
石州流 see styles |
sekishuuryuu / sekishuryu せきしゅうりゅう |
(1) Sekishū school of tea ceremony; (2) (See 生け花・1) Sekishū school of ikebana |
遠州流 see styles |
enshuuryuu / enshuryu えんしゅうりゅう |
(1) Enshū school of tea ceremony; (2) (See 生け花・1) Enshū school of ikebana |
Variations: |
rikka りっか |
(See 生け花・1) rikka; formal style of ikebana |
Variations: |
hana はな |
(1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) (See 生け花・1) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) {hanaf} (See 花札) hanafuda; (7) (usu. as 〜が花) (See 言わぬが花) (the) best; (can be adjective with の) (8) glorious; lovely |
Variations: |
mizuage みずあげ |
(noun/participle) (1) (See 陸揚げ) landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); (2) (See 漁獲量) catch (of fish); takings; (3) (See 売上高) sales (of a shop); (noun/participle) (4) defloration (e.g. of a geisha); (noun/participle) (5) preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana) |
Variations: |
ikebana(p); seika(生花, 活花) / ikebana(p); seka(生花, 活花) いけばな(P); せいか(生花, 活花) |
(1) ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; (2) (せいか only) fresh flower; natural flower |
Variations: |
ikebana(p); seika(生花, 活花) / ikebana(p); seka(生花, 活花) いけばな(P); せいか(生花, 活花) |
(1) ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; (2) (せいか only) fresh flower; natural flower |
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