Etymology

shunga

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Today it means: A style of Japanese erotic art Full definition →

Japanese 春画
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shunga · noun1

  1. Japanese · derived from春画
  2. English todayshunga

From Japanese 春画, from Middle Chinese 春 (t͡ʃʰwin "spring", by extension "sexual", "erotic") + 畫 (hwɛ̀ "painting").

Shunga · adjective2

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromशुङ्ग“fig tree”
  2. English todayShunga

Possibly from Sanskrit शुङ्ग (śuṅga, “fig tree”).

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