東雲

Japanese

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

(Tokyo) しののめ [shìnónómé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕino̞no̞me̞]

Noun

東雲(しののめ) • (shinonome)

(archaic) dawn
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:明け方

Derived terms

東雲(しののめ)色(いろ) (shinonomeiro, “a peach color”)

Proper noun

東雲(しののめ) • (Shinonome)

a surname

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーうん [tòóúń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

東(とう)雲(うん) • (tōun) ^{←とううん (touun)^?}

eastern cloud
(literary) dawn

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^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)

hanja form^? of 동운

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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