"紫式部" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi ɕikʲibɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 紫式部 [canonical] (ruby: (むらさき), (しき), ()), Murasaki Shikibu [romanization]
Etymology: Murasaki is from the color of the 藤 (fuji, “Wisteria floribunda”), hinting the novelist's connection to the 藤原 (Fujiwara) clan; while Shikibu refers to the 式部省 (Shikibu-shō, “Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs”). The beautyberry sense is named in honor of the novelist. Alternatively, shikibu might be a corruption of 敷き実 (shikimi, literally “spread out fruits”). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Wisteria floribunda|species}} Wisteria floribunda Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|むらさき しきぶ|head=紫式部}} 紫(むらさき)式(しき)部(ぶ) • (Murasaki Shikibu)
  1. Heian-period novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting; famous for authoring The Tale of Genji Synonyms: 紫女, Derived forms: 紫式部集 (Murasaki Shikibu-shū, privately-collected poems of Murasaki Shikibu) (ruby: (むらさき), (しき), (), (しゅう)), 紫式部日記 (Murasaki Shikibu Nikki) (ruby: (むらさき), (しき), (), (にっ), ()) (english: Murasaki Shikibu Diary), 紫式部文学賞 (Murasaki Shikibu Bungakushō) (ruby: (むらさき), (しき), (), (ぶん), (がく), (しょう)) (english: Murasaki Shikibu Culture Award) Related terms: 大弐三位 (Daini no Sanmi) (ruby: (だい), (にの), 三位(さんみ))
    Sense id: en-紫式部-ja-name-AavfIXde Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi ɕikʲibɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 紫式部 [canonical] (ruby: (むらさき), (しき), ()), 紫式部 [canonical] (ruby: 紫式部(ムラサキシキブ)), murasaki shikibu [romanization]
Etymology: Murasaki is from the color of the 藤 (fuji, “Wisteria floribunda”), hinting the novelist's connection to the 藤原 (Fujiwara) clan; while Shikibu refers to the 式部省 (Shikibu-shō, “Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs”). The beautyberry sense is named in honor of the novelist. Alternatively, shikibu might be a corruption of 敷き実 (shikimi, literally “spread out fruits”). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Wisteria floribunda|species}} Wisteria floribunda Head templates: {{ja-noun|むらさき しきぶ|ムラサキ シキブ|head=紫式部}} 紫(むらさき)式(しき)部(ぶ) or 紫式部(ムラサキシキブ) • (murasaki shikibu)
  1. the Japanese or East Asian beautyberry, Callicarpa japonica Synonyms: 実紫, 山紫 Derived forms: 小紫式部 (komurasaki shikibu) (ruby: (), (ムラサキ), (シキ), ()) (english: Callicarpa dichotoma), 大紫式部 (ōmurasaki shikibu) (ruby: (オオ), (ムラサキ), (シキ), ()), 藪紫 (yabumurasaki) (ruby: (ヤブ), (ムラサキ))
    Sense id: en-紫式部-ja-noun--xMPQUYT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 78

Alternative forms

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むらさきしきぶ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi ɕikʲibɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "紫式部"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "紫式部"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "紫式部",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "紫式部"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "紫式部",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (384852d and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.