滄海変じて桑田となる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
滄 海 変 桑 田
そう
Hyōgaiji		 かい
Grade: 2		 へん
Grade: 4		 そう
Grade: S		 でん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
滄海變じて桑田となる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Partial calque of Literary Chinese 滄海桑田 (literally “the vast sea becoming mulberry fields”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːka̠i hẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑite̞ so̞ːdẽ̞n to̞ na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Idiom

滄(そう)海(かい)変(へん)じて桑(そう)田(でん)となる • (sōkai henjite sōden to naru) 

  1. Synonym of 滄海桑田 (sōkaisōden): drastic changes in the world
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