浮雲
See also: 浮云
Chinese edit
to float | cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname | ||
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trad. (浮雲) | 浮 | 雲 | |
simp. (浮云) | 浮 | 云 | |
anagram | 雲浮/云浮 |
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浮雲
- (literary) floating cloud(s)
- (literary or Mainland China slang, figurative) something not worth cherishing; unimportant matter
- (literary, figurative) passing time
- (literary, figurative) evil and crafty minister
- (literary, figurative) life of a vagrant
- (literary, figurative, calligraphy) lively, flowing brushwork
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Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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浮 | 雲 |
うき Grade: S |
くも > ぐも Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Shift from older ukikumo,[1][2] itself a compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”) + 雲 (kumo, “cloud”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
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- a novel by Futabatei Shimei (see The Drifting Cloud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- a novel by Fumiko Hayashi
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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浮 | 雲 |
ふ Grade: S |
うん Grade: 2 |
kan’yōon | on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 浮雲 (MC bjuw hjun).