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撫子
Hiragana
なでしこ
Noun
abbreviation
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Japanese Meaning
ナデシコ属の植物の総称。特にカワラナデシコを指すことが多い。 / 日本的で慎ましく、清らかで美しい女性をたとえていう語（大和撫子）。
Easy Japanese Meaning
はなのなまえ。ぎざぎざのはなびらのはなで、かわらにもさく。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
石竹属植物的通称；瞿麦。 / 特指河原撫子，即瞿麦（Dianthus superbus）。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
瞿麥；石竹屬植物 / 河原撫子（羽扇石竹，Dianthus superbus）
Korean Meaning
패랭이꽃(석죽속의 꽃) / 특히 큰패랭이꽃(Dianthus superbus)
Indonesian
bunga dari genus Dianthus (kelompok “pink”) / khususnya kawara nadeshiko: Dianthus superbus (anyelir berjumbai)
Vietnamese Meaning
hoa cẩm chướng; các loài thuộc chi Dianthus (pinks) / đặc biệt: cẩm chướng tua (Dianthus superbus)
Tagalog Meaning
anumang bulaklak ng genus Dianthus (“pink”) / kawara nadeshiko (Dianthus superbus), uri ng pink
Sense（1）
瞿麦: pink (any flower of the genus Dianthus); especially, the 河原撫子 (kawara nadeshiko, “fringed pink, large pink”, Dianthus superbus)
Sense（2）
Short for 撫子襲 (nadeshiko-gasane): a style of layering garments, with the front layer in the color of 紅梅 (kōbai, “red plum or apricot”), and the back with blue
Sense（3）
a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), another name for 常夏 (tokonatsu)
Sense（4）
a lovable, caressable child
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（ hiragana ）
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瞿麦: pink (any flower of the genus Dianthus); especially, the 河原撫子 (kawara nadeshiko, “fringed pink, large pink”, Dianthus superbus)
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撫子
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The pink flowers blooming in the garden are very beautiful.
The pink flowers blooming in the garden are very beautiful.
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庭に咲いている撫子の花がとても美しいです。
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