東雲

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From 篠(しの)の目(め) (shino no me), from 篠(しの) (shino, abbreviation of 篠(しの)竹(だけ) (shinodake, “a kind of bamboo”)) + の (no, genitive particle) + 目(め) (me, “eye”).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)), literally meaning “east clouds”, referring to the direction of sunrise.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

東雲(しののめ) • (shinonome)

(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)

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): [to̞ːɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

東(とう)雲(うん) • (tōun) ^{←とううん (touun)^?}

eastern cloud
(literary) dawn

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“〈東雲〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
東	雲

Noun

東雲 • (dong'un) (hangeul 동운)

hanja form^? of 동운