かえで

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かえで – see the following entry.

【楓】J [noun] the maple tree [noun] a color scheme for 襲 (kasane, “layered kimono”, literally “layering”), where both the outer and inner layers are light green [noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), featuring a maple-leaf design [noun] (term of endearment) a child's hand (from the resemblance in shape between a hand with splayed fingers and a maple leaf) [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 槭, 槭樹

(This term, かえで (kaede), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as かえで, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かえで.)