Japanese Word Entry

花合わせ
Kana:はなあわせ
Romaji:hanaawase
Definitions:
  1. hana-awase (type of hanafuda game)

  2. any hanafuda game involving matching cards from one's hand with cards of the same suit in the field (such as hachi-hachi, koi-koi)

  3. flower-comparing contest (Heian period)

Alternative form:
  • 花合せ 【 はなあわせ (hanaawase) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

flower, blossoms
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄚ (huā)
Cantonese: faa1
Japanese: カ (ka)、 ケ (ke) / はな (hana)
Korean: 화 (hwa)
Vietnamese: hoa
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

fit, suit, join, 0.1, combine, unite, gather
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄜˊ (hé), ㄍㄜˇ (gě)
Cantonese: hap6
Japanese: ゴウ (gou)、 ガッ (gaxtsu)、 カッ (kaxtsu)、 カツ (katsu)、 ガツ (gatsu) / あ.う (au)、 -あ.う (-au)、 あ.い (ai)、 あい- (ai-)、 -あ.い (-ai)、 あ.わす (awasu)、 あ.わせる (awaseru)、 -あ.わせる (-awaseru)
Korean: 합 (hab)
Vietnamese: hợp, cáp
Variants
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