桑海

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Chinese

mulberry tree ocean; sea
trad. (桑海) 桑 海
simp. #(桑海) 桑 海

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of 滄海桑田／沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián, literally “the blue sea turned into mulberry fields”).

Noun

桑海

  1. (figuratively) changes in the world[1]

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Songhai.

Proper noun

桑海

  1. Any of a group of closely related languages or dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in West Africa, and used as a lingua franca in that region.
  2. The Songhai Empire, a medieval West African Empire.
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 桑海

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桑 海
そう
Grade: S 		かい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
桑海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the Chinese legend of 滄海桑田／沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián, literally “the blue sea turned into mulberry fields”).

Pronunciation

Noun

桑(そう)海(かい) • (sōkai) ←さうかい (saukai)?

  1. (figuratively) changes in the world

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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