Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひつじ
Grade: 3
くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From (hitsuji, sheep) +‎ (kumo, cloud), due to resemblance to a flock of sheep. The kumo reading for changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ひつじ)(ぐも) (hitsujigumo

  1. Synonym of 高積雲 (kōsekiun, altocumulus)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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