Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

karesansui

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kare-san-sui
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese rock garden or Zen garden.

Example Sentences

"Wall of offices, windows, the fabulous design of the Japanese architects—and the surrounding gardens of dwarf evergreens, rocks, the karesansui landscape, sand imitating a dried-up stream winding past roots, among simple, irregular flat stones…."
"Suden commissioned master garden-designer Kobori Enshu to build the karesansui garden south of the hojo."
"To some observers a karesansui is just twigs, rocks and grit."

Etymology

From Japanese 枯山水.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 枯山水

Questions

What does karesansui mean?: A Japanese rock garden or Zen garden.
Where does karesansui come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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