黄砂

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 黃沙 (“yellow sand; loess; Asian Dust; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 黃砂, which is in turn a variant form of 黃沙).
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Japanese

Etymology 1

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黄砂: Kyōto, spring 2010, with the skies full of yellow sand (Asian Dust).
The Taklamakan Desert, source of the Asian Dust.
Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
黃砂 (kyūjitai)
黄沙

From Middle Chinese compound 黃砂 (MC hwang srae, “yellow sand”). Compare modern Mandarin 黃砂黄砂.

Kan'on reading of both characters, suggesting a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)() (kōsaくわうさ (kwausa)?

  1. yellow sand
  2. loess
  3. (figurative) a desert
  4. Asian Dust
  5. (figurative) a gaol (UK), jail (US), prison
Synonyms
  • (desert): 砂漠 (さばく, ​sabaku)
  • (prison, jail, gaol): 牢獄 (ろうごく, ​rōgoku)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
黃砂 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese. Goon reading of first character, kan'on reading of second, suggesting an alteration in Japan after the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(おう)() (ōsaわうさ (wausa)? (rare)

  1. (see kōsa reading above)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN