燦々

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
燦	燦
さん Jinmeiyō	さん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
燦燦粲々粲粲

Etymology edit

Middle Chinese 燦燦 (t͡sʰɑn^H t͡sʰɑn^H)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) さんさん [sàńsáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sã̠ɰ̃sã̠ɴ]

Adjective edit

燦(さん)々(さん) • (sansan) ^†-tari (adnominal 燦(さん)々(さん)とした (sansan to shita) or 燦(さん)々(さん)たる (sansan taru), adverbial 燦(さん)々(さん)と (sansan to) or 燦(さん)々(さん)として (sansan to shite))

brilliant, bright

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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