星霜

Chinese

star; satellite; small amount frost
simp. and trad.
(星霜)		 星 霜

Etymology

From the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

Noun

星霜

  1. (literary, figuratively) time; years
  2. (literary, figuratively) stars and frost in the morning; hardship; difficulty

Adjective

星霜

  1. (literary, figuratively) gray; grizzled

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (星霜):
  • Japanese: 星 (せい)霜 (そう) (seisō)
  • Korean: 성상 (星霜, seongsang)
  • Vietnamese: tinh sương (星霜)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星 霜
せい
Grade: 2		 そう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

seisau > seisɔː > seisoː. Literally "stars and frost", from the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

Noun

星霜 (hiragana せいそう, rōmaji seisō, historical hiragana せいさう)

  1. time, years
  2. one year

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
星霜

Noun

星霜 • (seongsang) (hangeul 성상)

  1. Hanja form? of 성상.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
星霜

Noun

星霜

  1. Hán tự form of tinh sương
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