花鳥(かちょう)

かちょう
noun
flowers and birds
formalliterary
See also: 課長(かちょう) (section chief)
1. flowers and birds; natural beauty
A classical compound referring to flowers and birds as representative of the beauty of nature. A major theme in traditional East Asian art and poetry.
花鳥(かちょう)を描(えが)いた掛(か)け軸(じく)。
A hanging scroll depicting flowers and birds.
花鳥風月(かちょうふうげつ)を愛(あい)でるのが日本(にほん)の伝統(でんとう)だ。
Appreciating the beauties of nature is a Japanese tradition.
この画家(がか)は花鳥画(かちょうが)で知(し)られ、繊細(せんさい)な筆使(ふでづか)いで多(おお)くの傑作(けっさく)を残(のこ)した。
This painter was known for flower-and-bird paintings and left many masterpieces with delicate brushwork.

A classical literary compound representing the beauty of nature through its two most celebrated elements — flowers and birds.

Common collocations

花鳥風月(かちょうふうげつ) is a well-known four-character compound (yojijukugo) meaning the beauties of nature or the elegant appreciation of natural scenery. It is used to describe a refined aesthetic sensibility. 花鳥画(かちょうが) is a major genre in East Asian painting.

Note the homophone 課長(かちょう) (section chief), which is completely different.

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