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風情
風情
See also: 风情
Chinese
wind; news; style; custom; manner
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feeling; emotion; passion; situation
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trad. (風情) | 風 | 情 | |
simp. (风情) | 风 | 情 |
Noun
風情
- local customs
- expressions of love; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions
- wind force and direction
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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風 | 情 |
ふ Grade: 2 |
せい > ぜい Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Probably from Middle Chinese compound 風情 (*biung *d͡zjeŋ). Compare modern Chinese traditional 風情 and simplified 风情 (fēngqíng).
The reading uses the older goon of fu for 風 and the newer kan'on of sei for 情, suggesting either that this term underwent changes after importation into Japanese, or that it may have been re-imported.
Pronunciation
Noun
風情 (hiragana ふぜい, romaji fuzei)
- taste, elegance
- discernment, sophistication
- appearance, outward attitude
- (theater, noh) in noh theater, an actor's bearing, carriage, and gestures: body language
Suffix
風情 (hiragana ふぜい, romaji -fuzei)
- similar to, like, type or kind of thing
- (pejorative) the likes of ... (particularly when appended to a person's name)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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風 | 情 |
ふう Grade: 2 |
じょう Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
The older goon reading for both characters, so probably the term as originally imported from Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation
Noun
風情 (hiragana ふうじょう, romaji fūjō)
- appearance, outward attitude
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan