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百合

百合

Chinese

hundred
 
to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad.
(百合)

Pronunciation


Noun

百合

  1. (botany) lily
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Japanese 百合 (ゆり) (yuri).

Pronunciation


Noun

百合

  1. (Taiwanese Min Nan, botany) lily
  2. (ACG) yuri

Japanese

百合 (yuri): A lily plant.
Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
Irregular

Etymology

Probably the nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) yuri of Old Japanese-derived and now-obsolete verb 揺る (yuru, to sway, to swing, to wave back and forth), from the way that lilies tend to grow tall and sway in the breeze.

The spelling is borrowed from Chinese, and indicates the way that lily bulbs cluster together ( (gather, combine)) in large numbers ( (hundreds)).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) [yùrí] (Heiban - [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯᵝɾi]

Noun

百合 (hiragana ゆり, katakana ユリ, romaji yuri)

  1. (botany) lily
  2. the name of a color scheme when wearing multiple layers in the (kasane, layering) style, featuring a red outer layer and a reddish-gold inner layer, and worn in summer (from the way the color scheme resembles the coloration of the petals of certain varieties of lily)
  3. (slang) yuri

Descendants

Proper noun

百合 (hiragana ゆり, romaji Yuri)

  1. A female given name

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan