東雲

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Japanese

 東雲 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
東 雲
しののめ
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
jukujikun

From 篠の目 (shino no me), 篠 (shino), abbreviation of 篠竹 (shinodake, “a kind of bamboo”), and 目 (me, “eye”). The kanji compound literally means "east clouds", similar to the direction of sunrise. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Noun

東雲(しののめ) • (shinonome) 

  1. (archaic) dawn
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:明け方
Derived terms

Proper noun

東雲(しののめ) • (Shinonome) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
東 雲
とう
Grade: 2 		うん
Grade: 2
kan'on on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

東(とう)雲(うん) • (tōun) ←とううん (touun)?

  1. eastern cloud
  2. (literary) dawn

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
東雲

Noun

東雲 • (dong'un) (hangeul 동운)

  1. hanja form? of 동운
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