Chinese edit

 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (風船)
simp. (风船)

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Noun edit

風船

  1. (literary) boat or ship propelled by wind
  2. (Dungan) airplane

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
 
風船 (fūsen): a bunch of balloons.
 
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Etymology edit

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of (, wind) +‎ (sen, ship, boat, vessel).

First cited to a text from 1860.[1]

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Noun edit

(ふう)(せん) (fūsen

  1. [from 1860] balloon
    Synonym: 気球 (kikyū)

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Descendants edit

  • Palauan: huseng

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

Noun edit

風船 (pungseon) (hangeul 풍선)

  1. Hanja form? of 풍선 (balloon (an inflatable buoyant object designed to transport people through the air)).