白雪

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

白雪

  1. white snow

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value): Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
Kanji in this term
白 雪
しら
Grade: 1		 ゆき
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しら​ゆき [shìráꜜyùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠jɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (shirayuki) 

  1. (literal) white snow
Derived terms

Proper noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (Shirayuki) 

  1. Snow White
  2. a female given name
  3. a surname
Usage notes

The character name is generally always followed by a suffix, such as さん (san) or 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
白 雪
はく
Grade: 1		 せつ
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 白雪 (MC baek sjwet, literally “white + snow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はくせつ [hàkúsétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

白(はく)雪(せつ) • (hakusetsu) 

  1. (literal) white snow
Derived terms

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
  3. Princess Shikishi; Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi‎, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
白雪

Noun

白雪 • (baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: paeksŏl or Yale: paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

  1. Hanja form? of 백설 (“white snow”).

Proper noun

白雪 • (Baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: Paeksŏl or Yale: Paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

  1. Hanja form? of 백설 (“Snow White”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白雪

Proper noun

白雪

  1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Tuyết (“Snow White”).
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