蒼蒼

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See also: 蒼々

Chinese

dark blue; fly; musca
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
 
dark blue; fly; musca
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
 
trad. (蒼蒼) 蒼 蒼
simp. (苍苍) 苍 苍

Pronunciation

Adjective

蒼蒼

  1. (literary, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
  2. (literary, of hair) ash white
  3. (literary, of sky or mountains) vast and hazy

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒼 蒼
そう
Jinmeiyō 		そう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
蒼々

Pronunciation

Adjective

蒼(そう)蒼(そう) • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?†-tari (adnominal 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)とした (sōsō to shita) or 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)と (sōsō to) or 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

  1. (archaic, of sky or ocean) blue
  2. (archaic, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
  3. (archaic) dim, gloomy
    Synonym: 薄暗い (usugurai)

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蒼蒼たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蒼蒼たら そうそうたら sousoutara
Continuative (連用形) 蒼蒼と
蒼蒼たり		 そうそうと
そうそうたり		 sousouto
sousoutari
Terminal (終止形) 蒼蒼たり そうそうたり sousoutari
Attributive (連体形) 蒼蒼たる そうそうたる sousoutaru
Realis (已然形) 蒼蒼たれ そうそうたれ sousoutare
Imperative (命令形) 蒼蒼たれ そうそうたれ sousoutare
Key constructions
Negative 蒼蒼たらず そうそうたらず sousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 蒼蒼たれど そうそうたれど sousoutaredo
Causal conjunction 蒼蒼たれば そうそうたれば sousoutareba
Conditional conjunction 蒼蒼たらば そうそうたらば sousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蒼蒼たりき そうそうたりき sousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蒼蒼たりけり そうそうたりけり sousoutarikeri
Adverbial 蒼蒼と そうそうと sousouto
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
蒼蒼

Noun

蒼蒼 • (changchang) (hangeul 창창)

  1. hanja form? of 창창
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