風度

See also: 风度

Chinese

 
wind; news; style; custom; manner
capacity; degree; standard
trad. (風度)
simp. (风度)
variant forms 丰度

Pronunciation


Noun

風度

  1. elegance; grace; poise; demeanour

Derived terms

  • 君子風度君子风度
  • 風度翩翩风度翩翩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese 風度 (pjuwng duH, literally wind + measure, degree). Compare modern Mandarin 風度 (fēngdù).

Pronunciation

Noun

風度 (hiragana ふうど, rōmaji fūdo)

  1. a person's outward personality, character, disposition, appearance

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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