羊雲
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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羊 | 雲 |
ひつじ Grade: 3 |
くも > ぐも Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”) + 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), due to resemblance to a flock of sheep. The kumo reading for 雲 changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
羊雲 • (hitsujigumo)
- Synonym of 高積雲 (kōsekiun, “altocumulus”)
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