羊雲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
羊 雲
ひつじ
Grade: 3		 くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”) +‎ 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), due to resemblance to a flock of sheep. The kumo reading for 雲 changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

羊雲 (hiragana ひつじぐも, rōmaji hitsujigumo)

  1. Synonym of 高積雲 (kōsekiun, “altocumulus”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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