源氏
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 源 | 氏 |
| げん Grade: 6 |
し > じ Grade: 4 |
| kan'on | |
Etymology
[edit]From 源 (gen, on-reading of minamoto, literally “fountainhead, source”) 氏 (-shi, “family”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- any family or clan with a common surname of 源 (Minamoto)
- Synonym: 源家 (Genke)
- Short for 源氏行 (Genji-kō): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}. - Short for 源氏香 (Genji-kō): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}. - Short for 源氏絵 (Genji-e): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}. - Short for 源氏織り (Genji-ori): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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{{rfdef}}. - (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 夕顔 (yūgao): the calabash or bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida
- (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 茄子 (nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena
- (slang) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
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Proper noun
[edit]- Short for 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu
- Short for 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel
- a placename
- a surname
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Proverbs
[edit]- 桐壺源氏 (Kiritsubo Genji)
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 源 read as げん
- Japanese terms spelled with 氏 read as し
- Japanese terms read with kan'on
- Japanese terms suffixed with 氏
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- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese short forms
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- Japanese women's speech terms
- Japanese slang
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese surnames