白雪

Chinese
 
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 snow
simp. and trad.
(白雪)		 白 雪
anagram 雪白

Pronunciation

Noun

白雪

  1. white snow

Derived terms
  • 白雪遺音／白雪遗音
  • 白雪陽春／白雪阳春
  • 白雪黃芽／白雪黄芽
  • 陽春白雪／阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě)

Japanese

Etymology 1
白雪 (Shirayuki): Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
Kanji in this term
白 雪
しら
Grade: 1		 ゆき
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

白雪 (hiragana しらゆき, rōmaji shirayuki)

  1. (literally) white snow
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 332; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 31)
      朝 (あさ)ぼらけ有明 (ありあけ)の月 (つき)と見 (み)るまでに吉 (よし)野 (の)の里 (さと)に降 (ふ)れる白雪 (しらゆき)
      asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni Yoshino-no-sato ni fureru shirayuki
      As it dawns, I almost take for daybreak moon the white snow fallen in Yoshino Village.[3]
Derived terms

Proper noun

白雪 (hiragana しらゆき, rōmaji Shirayuki)

  1. Snow White
  2. a female given name
  3. a surname
Usage notes

The character name is generally always followed by a suffix, such as さん (san) or 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
白 雪
はく
Grade: 1		 せつ
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 白雪 (MC bˠæk̚ siuᴇt̚, literally “white + snow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

白雪 (hiragana はくせつ, rōmaji hakusetsu)

  1. (literally) white snow
Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. Princess Shikishi; Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi‎, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
白雪

Noun

白雪 • (baekseol, McCune-Reischauer: paeksŏl, Yale: paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

  1. Hanja form? of 백설 (“white snow”).

Proper noun

白雪 • (Baekseol, McCune-Reischauer: Paeksŏl, Yale: Paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

  1. Hanja form? of 백설 (“Snow White”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
白雪

Proper noun

白雪

  1. Hán tự form of Bạch Tuyết (“Snow White”).
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