Hanakotoba 花言葉, the language of flowers - Meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to each other without needing the use of words.
Lotus 蓮華 (Shichi) - A white lotus flower refers to purity of the mind and the spirit. It grows in muddy water, and it is this environment that gives forth the flower’s first and most literal meaning: rising and blooming above the murk to achieve enlightenment.
Red Spider Lily 彼岸花 (Aki) - An autumn flower and a symbol of death and departure.
Chrysanthemum 白菊 (Sagiri) - Truth — A symbol of the sun, the Japanese consider the orderly unfolding of the chrysanthemum’s petals to represent perfection, and Confucius once suggested they be used as an object of meditation.
De jisuk - Source 11janv.2014