Meaning

Primary

Female Flower

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

A female flower is a female flower!

Reading

めばな
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings for this word are both kun'yomi, but you haven't learned this kun'yomi for yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

Just think of someone asking you to differentiate female flowers from male flowers. Can you? "Meh (), probably not."

The reading of is the rendaku version, so watch out for that too.

Context

Context Sentences

ヒマラヤスギは、樹齢30年を超えないと雌花を付けません。

Himalayan Cedar trees can't produce female flowers until they're over 30 years old.

Kanji Composition