Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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風船

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

Synonyms

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Japanese

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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

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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]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ふう)(せん) (fūsen

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Palauan: huseng

References

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  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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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風船 (pungseon) (hangeul 풍선)

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