Results, 滄海桑田

滄海桑田【そうかいそうでんsoukaisouden】

expression:

  • the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

Kanji definition:

滄

ソウSOU

ocean

Strokes:
13
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-10
UTF:
6ec4
JIS208:
62-75
Hangul:
창 [chang]
Pinyin:
cāng
Stroke order:
Example words:
滄海【そうかいsoukai】
blue waters
滄海一滴【そうかいいってきsoukaiitteki】
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
滄海桑田【そうかいそうでんsoukaisouden】
the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
桑田滄海【そうでんそうかいsoudensoukai】
The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea).
滄溟【そうめいsoumei】
great blue sea; ocean
海
常用２年JLPTN4

カイKAI・うみumi

sea; ocean

Strokes:
9
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-6
UTF:
6d77
JIS208:
19-4
Nanori:
あa・あまama・うなuna・うんun・えe・かka・たta・ひろhiro・ひろしhiroshi・ぶbu・まちmachi・ままmama・みmi・めme・わたるwataru
Hangul:
해 [hae]
Pinyin:
hǎi
Stroke order:
Example words:
海外【かいがいkaigai】
foreign; abroad; overseas
海【うみumi】
sea; ocean; waters
北海道【ほっかいどうhokkaidou】
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
東海【とうかいtoukai】
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; / East Sea (controversial name for the Sea of Japan proposed by Korea)
海上【かいじょうkaijou】
on the sea; maritime; marine
桑
常用中学校JLPTN1

ソウSOU・くわkuwa

mulberry

➜
桒
Strokes:
10
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
2-6-4
UTF:
6851
JIS208:
23-12
Nanori:
こko
Hangul:
상 [sang]
Pinyin:
sāng
Stroke order:
Example words:
桑田【そうでんsouden】
mulberry plantation
桑原【くわばらkuwabara】
mulberry field
桑【くわkuwa】
mulberry (tree)
桑畑【くわばたけkuwabatake】
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
扶桑【ふそうfusou】
land east of China; Japan
田
常用１年JLPTN4

デンDEN・たta

rice field; rice paddy

Strokes:
5
Radical:
田 field
SKIP:
4-5-1
UTF:
7530
JIS208:
37-36
Nanori:
いなかinaka・おかoka・たんtan・でde・とうtou・やya
Hangul:
전 [jeon]
Pinyin:
tián
Stroke order:
Example words:
水田【すいでんsuiden】
(water-filled) paddy field
上田【じょうでんjouden】
high rice field; very fertile rice field
油田【ゆでんyuden】
oil field
田舎【いなかinaka】
rural area; countryside; the sticks; / hometown
田園【でんえんden'en】
the country; countryside; rural districts; / cultivated land; fields

Kanji

滄

ソウSOU

ocean

海

カイKAI・うみumi

sea; ocean


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