桑海

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

桑海 (hiragana そうかい, rōmaji sōkai, historical hiragana さうかい)

(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)
滄海変 (そうかいへん)じて桑田 (そうでん)となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru)
桑 (そう)田 (でん)碧 (へき)海 (かい) (sōdenhekikai)

References

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

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