東雲

東雲

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
東	雲
しののめ
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
jukujikun

From 篠の目 (shino no me), 篠 (shino), abbreviation of 篠竹 (shinodake, “a kind of bamboo”), and 目 (me, “eye”). The kanji compound literally means "east clouds", similar to the direction of sunrise. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しののめ [shìnónómé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕino̞no̞me̞]

Noun

東雲(しののめ) • (shinonome) 

1. (archaic) dawn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:明け方

Derived terms

• 東雲(しののめ)色(いろ) (shinonomeiro, “a peach color”)

Proper noun

東雲(しののめ) • (Shinonome) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
東	雲
とう Grade: 2	うん Grade: 2
kan’on	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーうん [tòóúń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

東(とう)雲(うん) • (tōun) ^{←とううん (touun)?}

1. eastern cloud
2. (literary) dawn

References

1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
東	雲

Noun

東雲 • (dong'un) (hangeul 동운)

1. Hanja form^? of 동운.