浮雲

浮雲

1. (literary) floating cloud(s)

   • 不義而富且貴，於我如浮雲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bùyì ér fù qiě guì, yú wǒ rú fúyún. [Pinyin]

     Riches and honours acquired by unrighteousness, are to me as a floating cloud.

   • 上決浮雲，下絕地紀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上决浮云，下绝地纪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Shàng jué fúyún, xià jué dìjì. [Pinyin]

     Above, (the sword) cleaves the floating clouds; and below, it penetrates to every division of the earth.

2. (literary or Mainland China slang, figuratively) something not worth cherishing; unimportant matter
3. (literary, figuratively) passing time
4. (literary, figuratively) evil and crafty minister
5. (literary, figuratively) life of a vagrant
6. (literary, figuratively, calligraphy) lively, flowing brushwork

Shift from older ukikumo,[1][2] itself a compound of 浮 (う)き (uki, “floating”) + 雲 (くも) (kumo, “cloud”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• 浮き雲

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うきぐも [ùkígúmó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲiɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

浮雲 (hiragana うきぐも, rōmaji ukigumo)

1. a drifting or floating cloud

浮雲 (hiragana うきぐも, rōmaji ukigumo)

1. instability

浮雲 (hiragana うきぐも, rōmaji Ukigumo)

1. a novel by Futabatei Shimei (see The Drifting Cloud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
2. a novel by Fumiko Hayashi

From Middle Chinese compound 浮雲 (MC bɨu ɦɨun).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふうん [fùúń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ᵝːɴ]

浮雲 (hiragana ふうん, rōmaji fuun)

1. a drifting or floating cloud

浮雲 (hiragana ふうん, rōmaji fuun)

1. instability