花鳥(かちょう)

かちょう
noun
flowers and birds
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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.

Common collocations

  • 花鳥風月(かちょうふうげつ): the beauties of nature (flowers, birds, wind and moon); also a refined taste for them
  • 花鳥画(かちょうが): flower-and-bird painting, a major genre of East Asian art
  • 花鳥(かちょう)を愛(め)でる: to delight in flowers and birds

Usage

Rarely used alone in conversation; it lives in art terms and in 花鳥風月(かちょうふうげつ).

Watch out

The homophone 課長(かちょう) (section chief) is a far more common word.

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Added 2026.2.27 18:16 · Revised 2026.10.20 10:38
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