桑海

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桑	海
そう Grade: S	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
桑海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the Chinese legend of 滄海桑田／沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián, literally “the blue sea turned into mulberry fields”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーかい [sòókáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːka̠i]

Noun

桑(そう)海(かい) • (sōkai) ^{←さうかい (saukai)^?}

(figuratively) changes in the world

See also

桑(そう)田(でん)滄(そう)海(かい) (sōdensōkai)
桑(そう)田(でん)変(へん)じて滄(そう)海(かい)となる (sōden henjite sōkai to naru)
滄(そう)海(かい)桑(そう)田(でん) (sōkaisōden)
滄(そう)海(かい)変(へん)じて桑(そう)田(でん)となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru)
桑(そう)田(でん)碧(へき)海(かい) (sōdenhekikai)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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