青空

See also: 靑空

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (青空)		青	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄎㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qīngkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingkong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    清空
    青空

Noun

青空

blue sky, azure sky

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	空
あお Grade: 1	そら > ぞら Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue”) +‎ 空 (sora, “sky”). The sora reading for 空 changes to zora as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The reading was aosora until roughly the mid-Meiji Period. The shift to rendaku pronunciation has been relatively recent.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あおぞら [àózóꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [a̠o̞zo̞ɾa̠]

Noun

青空 (hiragana あおぞら, rōmaji aozora, historical hiragana あをぞら)

the blue sky; the clear sky
Synonyms: 碧空 (hekikū), 碧天 (hekiten)
(only attributively) the state of being outdoors, in the open, open-air
青空 (あおぞら)市場 (いちば)
aozora ichiba
an open-air market

Synonyms: 屋外 (okugai), 露天 (roten)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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