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浮雲

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See also: 浮云

Chinese

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to float cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (浮雲)
simp. (浮云)
anagram 雲浮云浮

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (35)
Final () (136) (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjuw hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /ɦɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /ɦiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /ɣiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /ɦun/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /ɣiuən/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /ɣĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /i̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu yún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 wan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yún
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuw › ‹ hjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*m.b(r)u/ /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
English float (v.) cloud

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3346 16358
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bu/ /*ɢun/

Noun

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浮雲

  1. (literary) floating cloud(s)
  2. (literary or Mainland China slang, figurative) something not worth cherishing; unimportant matter
    神馬都是浮雲神马都是浮云  ―  shénmǎ dōu shì fúyún  ―  everything is nothing
  3. (literary, figurative) passing time
  4. (literary, figurative) evil and crafty minister
  5. (literary, figurative) life of a vagrant
  6. (literary, figurative, calligraphy) lively, flowing brushwork

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (浮雲):
  • Japanese: 浮雲(ふうん) (fuun)
  • Korean: 부운(浮雲) (buun)
  • Vietnamese: phù vân (浮雲)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
うき
Grade: S
くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Shift from older ukikumo,[1][2] itself a compound of () (uki, floating) + (くも) (kumo, cloud). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(うき)(ぐも) (ukigumo

  1. a drifting or floating cloud

Proverb

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(うき)(ぐも) (ukigumo

  1. instability

Proper noun

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(うき)(ぐも) (Ukigumo

  1. a novel by Futabatei Shimei (see The Drifting Cloud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  2. a novel by Fumiko Hayashi

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
うん
Grade: 2
kan'yōon on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 浮雲 (MC bjuw hjun).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(うん) (fuun

  1. a drifting or floating cloud

Proverb

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()(うん) (fuun

  1. instability

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN