蒼蒼

See also: 蒼々

Chinese
 
dark blue; fly; musca
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
 
dark blue; fly; musca
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
trad. (蒼蒼) 蒼 蒼
simp. (苍苍) 苍 苍

Pronunciation

Adjective

蒼蒼

  1. (literary, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
  2. (literary, of hair) ash white
  3. (literary, of sky or mountains) vast and hazy

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蒼 蒼
そう
Jinmeiyō		 そう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
蒼々

Pronunciation

Adjective

蒼(そう)蒼(そう) • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)? †-tari (adnominal 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)と (sōsō to) or 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

  1. (archaic, of sky or ocean) blue
  2. (archaic, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
  3. (archaic) dim, gloomy
    Synonym: 薄暗い (usugurai)

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "蒼蒼たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蒼蒼たらそうそうたらsousoutara
Continuative (連用形) 蒼蒼と[1]
蒼蒼たり[2]		そうそうと
そうそうたり		sousouto
sousoutari
Terminal (終止形) 蒼蒼たりそうそうたりsousoutari
Attributive (連体形) 蒼蒼たるそうそうたるsousoutaru
Realis (已然形) 蒼蒼たれそうそうたれsousoutare
Imperative (命令形) 蒼蒼たれそうそうたれsousoutare
Key constructions
Negative 蒼蒼たらずそうそうたらずsousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 蒼蒼たれどそうそうたれどsousoutaredo
Causal conjunction 蒼蒼たればそうそうたればsousoutareba
Conditional conjunction 蒼蒼たらばそうそうたらばsousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蒼蒼たりきそうそうたりきsousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蒼蒼たりけりそうそうたりけりsousoutarikeri
Adverbial 蒼蒼とそうそうとsousouto
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
蒼蒼

Noun

蒼蒼 • (changchang) (hangeul 창창)

  1. Hanja form? of 창창.
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