Refers to plants of the family Malvaceae, commonly called mallow or hollyhock. In everyday Japanese, often associated with the hollyhock crest (葵の御紋).
庭にあおいの花が咲いている。
Mallow flowers are blooming in the garden.
wild ginger (Asarum caulescens)
Specifically refers to Asarum caulescens, a species of wild ginger. Often called フタバアオイ in botanical contexts.
See also: フタバアオイ
フタバアオイは山地の林床に生える多年草です。
Asarum caulescens is a perennial plant that grows on forest floors in mountainous areas.
葵の御紋は徳川家の家紋です。
The hollyhock crest is the family crest of the Tokugawa clan.
origin; source; beginning · basis; base; foundation; root · cause; source of trouble · ingredient; base; mix; stock · one's side; one's place; near someone · capital; principal; cost price · base of a plant; root; tree trunk · part held in the hand; handle end · first three lines of a waka · counter for plants or trees · counter for falcons
common water hyacinth
cluster mallow; Malva verticillata
Asarum nipponicum; wild ginger species
Monochoria korsakowii (flowering plant)
hollyhock; common hollyhock
hollyhock
mauve; pale purple; lavender
eggcase of the greater argonaut · greater argonaut; paper nautilus
common mallow
Usually written in kana; the kanji 葵 is also used but less common.
Kanji spelling, used especially in plant names and proper nouns.
Katakana spelling, sometimes used for emphasis or in botanical contexts.
The word あおい is native Japanese. The kanji 葵 is used for its meaning, but the historical derivation of the word itself is uncertain.
Asarum caulescens; wild ginger species
geranium (Pelargonium inquinans)