星霜

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Chinese

star; satellite; small amount frost
trad. (星霜) 星 霜
simp. #(星霜) 星 霜

Etymology

From the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

Noun

星霜

  1. (literary, figurative) time; years
  2. (literary, figurative) stars and frost in the morning; hardship; difficulty

Adjective

星霜

  1. (literary, figurative) gray; grizzled

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (星霜):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星 霜
せい
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

seisau > seisɔː > seisoː. Literally "stars and frost", from the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

Noun

星(せい)霜(そう) • (seisō) ←せいさう (seisau)?

  1. time, years
  2. one year

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
星霜

Noun

星霜 • (seongsang) (hangeul 성상)

  1. hanja form? of 성상

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
星霜

Noun

星霜

  1. chữ Hán form of tinh sương.
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