noun

  1. first flower of the season or year, first flowering on a plant.
  2. first menstruation.
  3. woman who has just reached adulthood.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
初花 はつはな
うい
ばな
初花 ういばな

Contained Kanji Breakdown

first time, beginning
ショ はじ.め はつ (4th, N3)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)
flower
はな カ ケ (1st, N4)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
change, take the form of, influence
カ ば.ける ケ (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)