東風

See also: 东风

Chinese
east
 
wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (東風) 東 風
simp. (东风) 东 风

Pronunciation

Noun

東風

  1. easterly wind
  2. (literary, poetic) spring wind
  3. (figuratively) favourable situation; momentum or driving force (e.g. of revolution)

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • 不是東風壓了西風，就是西風壓了東風／不是东风压了西风，就是西风压了东风
  • 借東風／借东风
  • 只欠東風／只欠东风
  • 東風化雨／东风化雨 (dōngfēnghuàyǔ)
  • 東風吹馬耳／东风吹马耳

Proper noun

東風

  1. (～社區) Dongfeng (a residential community in Lucheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
  2. (～村) Dongfeng (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
東 風
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
jukujikun

*⟨ko(?)ti⟩ → */kʷoti/*/kəti/ → /kot͡si/ → /kot͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese.

The final chi is likely cognate with 疾風 (hayate, “gale”).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), see tōfū below.

Pronunciation

Noun

東風 (hiragana こち, rōmaji kochi)

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 東 (こ)風 (ち)菜 (な) (kochina)
  • 東 (こ)風 (ち)の風 (かぜ) (kochi no kaze)
  • 東 (こ)風 (ち)吹 (ふ)く風 (かぜ) (kochi fuku kaze)
  • 青 (あお)東 (こ)風 (ち) (aokochi)
  • 朝 (あさ)東 (ご)風 (ち) (asagochi)
  • いなさ東 (ご)風 (ち) (inasagochi)
  • 北 (きた)東 (ご)風 (ち) (kitagochi)
  • 強 (つよ)東 (ご)風 (ち) (tsuyogochi)
  • 土 (ど)用 (よう)東 (こ)風 (ち) (doyō kochi)
  • 星 (ほし)の入 (い)り東 (ご)風 (ち) (hoshi no irigochi)
  • 真 (ま)東 (こ)風 (ち) (ma-kochi)
  • 南 (みなみ)東 (ご)風 (ち) (minamigochi)
  • 夕 (ゆう)東 (ご)風 (ち) (yūgochi)

Proper noun

東風 (hiragana こち, rōmaji Kochi)

  1. a surname

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
東 風
Grade: 2 かぜ
Grade: 2
Irregular kun’yomi

Compound of 東風 (kochi, see above) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”).

Noun

東風 (hiragana こちかぜ, rōmaji kochikaze)

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
東 風
ひがし
Grade: 2		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 東 (higashi, “east”) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

東風 (hiragana ひがしかぜ, rōmaji higashikaze)

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
    Antonym: 西風 (nishikaze)

Proper noun

東風 (hiragana ひがしかぜ, rōmaji Higashikaze)

  1. a surname

Etymology 5
Kanji in this term
東 風
ひがし
Grade: 2		 ふう
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

From 東 (higashi, “east”) +‎ 風 (fū, “style”).

Noun

東風 (hiragana ひがしふう, rōmaji higashifū)

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    Antonym: 西風 (nishifū)

Etymology 5
Kanji in this term
東 風
あずま
Grade: 2		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 東 (azuma, “east”, archaic) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”).

Proper noun

東風 (hiragana あずまかぜ, rōmaji Azumakaze, historical hiragana あづまかぜ)

  1. a surname

Etymology 6
Kanji in this term
東 風
とう
Grade: 2		 ふう
Grade: 2
kan’on goon

From Middle Chinese 東風 (MC tuŋ pɨuŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

東風 (hiragana とうふう, rōmaji tōfū)

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
    Antonym: 西風 (seifū)
  2. spring winds
    Synonym: 春風 (harukaze)
Derived terms
  • 熱帯 (ねったい)東 (とう)風 (ふう) (nettai tōfū)
  • 偏 (へん)東 (とう)風 (ふう) (hentōfū)
Idioms

Proper noun

東風 (hiragana とうふう, rōmaji Tōfū)

  1. a placename, especially in China

See also
  • あいの風 (かぜ) (ai no kaze), あえの風 (かぜ) (ae no kaze), both derived from Old Japanese 東風 (ayu)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Noun

東風 (ayu) (kana あゆ)

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
Derived terms
  • 東風の風 (ayu no2 kaze)
Descendants
  • Japanese: あいの風 (ai no kaze), あえの風 (ae no kaze)

Etymology 2

The final ti is likely cognate with classical Japanese 疾風 (hayachi), modern 疾風 (hayate, “gale”).

Noun

東風 (*k(?)oti) (kana こち)

  1. an easterly, wind blowing from the east
Derived terms
  • 朝東風 (asagoti)
Descendants

See also
  • 佐保風 (sapokaze)
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