羊雲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
羊 雲
ひつじ
Grade: 3		 くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”) +‎ 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), due to resemblance to a flock of sheep. The kumo reading for 雲 changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

羊(ひつじ)雲(ぐも) • (hitsujigumo) 

  1. Synonym of 高積雲 (kōsekiun, “altocumulus”)

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
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