凌霄葉蓮

Readings

Kana: のうぜんはれん、ノウゼンハレン

Romaji: nouzenharen, nouzenharen

Definition

noun

1

nasturtium (species of Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 金蓮花

Kanji

凌

Readings: リョウ、 しの.ぐ

Meanings: endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass

霄

Readings: ショウ、 そら

Meaning: sky

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

蓮

Readings: レン、 はす、 はちす

Meaning: lotus