青空
See also: 靑空
Chinese edit
green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
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trad. (青空/靑空) | 青/靑 | 空 | |
simp. (青空) | 青 | 空 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
青空
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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青 | 空 |
あお Grade: 1 |
そら > ぞら Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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靑空 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
First cited to the early 1700s.[1]
Compound of 青 (ao, “blue”) + 空 (sora, “sky”).[1][2] The sora reading for 空 changes to zora as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The reading was aosora until roughly the mid-Meiji Period.[1] The shift to voiced pronunciation has been relatively recent.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
青空 • (aozora) ←あをぞら (awozora)?
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
References edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.