百ひゃっ花か

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か

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

all kinds of flowers; many flowers

Literary or poetic term for a profusion of blossoms; often used in set phrases like 百花繚乱 (a hundred flowers blooming in profusion).

春はるになると、庭にわに百ひゃっ花かが咲さき乱みだれる。
In spring, all kinds of flowers bloom in profusion in the garden.
百ひゃっ花か繚りょう乱らんの美うつくしさに圧あっ倒とうされた。
I was overwhelmed by the beauty of a hundred flowers blooming in profusion.

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Kanji

百hundred
花flower

Related words

花はな
花 is the common word for 'flower'; 百花 is a literary compound emphasizing variety and abundance.
百ひゃっ花か繚りょう乱らん
A common four-character idiom using 百花, meaning 'a hundred flowers blooming in profusion' — often used figuratively for a gathering of talented people.

Word family

百ひゃっ花か繚りょう乱らん
many beautiful women gathered; many talents blooming at once; hundred flowers blooming in profusion
百ひゃっ花か斉せい放ほう
let a hundred flowers blossom; Hundred Flowers Campaign

Written forms

百ひゃっ花かUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ひゃっか is a regular contraction of ひゃくか.
ひゃっかUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 百 (ひゃく, 'hundred') and 花 (か, 'flower'), with the regular sound change ひゃくか → ひゃっか. The 'hundred' here is figurative for 'many' or 'all kinds'.