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星霜

星霜

Chinese

star; satellite; small amount frost
simp. and trad.
(星霜) 		星 霜

Definitions

星霜 (literary, figuratively)

  1. time, years
  2. gray, grizzled
  3. stars and frost in the morning; hardship, difficulty

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (星霜):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星 霜
せい
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

seisau > seisɔː > seisoː. Literally "stars and frost", from the throught that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

Noun

星霜 ‎(hiragana せいそう, romaji seisō, historical hiragana せいさう)

  1. time, years
  2. one year

See also

  • 年月 (nengetsu)
  • 歳月 (saigetsu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
星 霜

Noun

星霜 • ‎(seongsang) ‎(hangeul 성상)

  1. Hanja form? of 성상.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
星 霜

Noun

星霜

  1. Hán tự form of tinh sương

Etymology

From 星 (xīng, “star”) + 霜 (shuāng, “frost”) From the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

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