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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Scripts 蒲公英(Japanese Kanji) たんぽぽ(Japanese Hiragana) タンポポ(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsTampopo
Meaning & History
From 蒲公英 (tanpopo), referring to the dandelion, likely to have originated from a contraction of 田菜 (tana), the old name for the flowering plant, with the addition of 頬 (hoho) meaning "cheek," from the flowering plant's resemblance to a cheek of a face.This name is rarely used.