紅一点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	一	点
こう Grade: 6	いつ > いっ Grade: 1	てん Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
紅一點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From a line in the Chinese 咏石榴花 (“Ode to a Pomegranate Flower”) by the Song dynasty poet Wang Anshi:

濃綠萬枝紅一點，動人春色不須多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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浓绿万枝红一点，动人春色不须多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Nónglǜ wàn zhī hóng yīdiǎn, dòngrén chūnsè bùxū duō. [Pinyin]

A single red flower blooms amidst a field of greenery. No extra spring scenery is needed to make it more lovely.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーいってん [kóꜜòìttèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːit̚tẽ̞ɴ]

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

• (Tokyo) いってん [ìttéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) いって​ん [ìttéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [it̚tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん) • (kōitten) 

1. (dated) something that stands out among many other things
2. (figurative) a single woman among many men
   • 2004 December 18, “Ｅ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー) バーストレディ [Elemental HERO Burstlady]”, in PREMIUM PACK 8, Konami:

     炎(ほのお)を操(あやつ)るＥ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)の紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん)。紅(ぐ)蓮(れん)の炎(ほのお)、バーストファイヤーが悪(あく)を焼(や)き尽(つ)くす。

     Honō o ayatsuru Erementaru Hīrō no kōitten. Guren no honō, Bāsutofaiyā ga aku o yakitsukusu.

     The sole female member of the Elemental HEROes, and one who manipulates fire. Burstfire, her crimson fire attack, burns away evil.

Hyponyms

• オタサーの姫(ひめ) (otasā no hime)

Descendants

• → Korean: 홍일점 (hong'iljeom)

See also

• 万(ばん)緑(りょく)叢(そう)中(ちゅう)紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん) (banryoku sōchū kōitten)