東雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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Etymology

From 篠の目 (shino no me), (shino), abbreviation of 篠竹 (shinodake, a kind of bamboo), and (me, eye). The kanji compound literally means "east clouds", similar to the direction of sunrise. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

東雲 (hiragana しののめ, rōmaji shinonome)

  1. dawn

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