霞

Han character edit

霞 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月口尸水 (MBRSE), four-corner 1024₇, composition ⿱⻗叚)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1376, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42365
• Dae Jaweon: page 1885, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4071, character 16
• Unihan data for U+971E

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 霞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraː) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 叚 (OC *kraːʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

霞

1. the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds
2. colorful; rosy
3. Alternative form of 遐 (xiá)
4. a surname: Xia

Compounds edit

References edit

• “霞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Alternative forms edit

• (dimness of sight): 翳

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. mist, haze
2. foreglow or afterglow

Readings edit

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: かすみ (kasumi, 霞); かすむ (kasumu, 霞む)

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

⟨kasumi₁⟩ → /kasumʲi/ → /kasumi/

From Old Japanese.

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 霞む (kasumu, “to be hazy”).

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) かすみ [kàsúmí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠sɨᵝmʲi]

Noun edit

霞(かすみ) • (kasumi) 

1. mist, haze
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:
     ^[2]

     晨霞 音計以反, 可須美

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (by extension) dimness of sight
3. a foreglow or afterglow
4. (colloquial) an alcoholic beverage

   Synonym: 酒 (sake)

5. steam that comes out from heating sake or vinegar
6. a cloud-shaped figure used to display a scene transition
7. Short for 霞網 (kasumiami): a fowling net
8. Short for 霞割り (kasumiwari): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Usage notes edit

• The "mist" sense is never used in a meteorological sense, where it is referred to as 靄 (moya).
• Around the Heian period, spring mists were referred to as kasumi while in autumn they were called 霧 (kiri, literally “fog”); there was no distinction in both seasons in literature before that era as they were used interchangeably.

Derived terms edit

Idioms edit

• 霞(かすみ)に千(ち)鳥(どり) (kasumi ni chidori)
• 霞(かすみ)を食(く)う (kasumi o kuu)

See also edit

• 靄(もや) (moya)
• 霧(きり) (kiri, “fog”)

Proper noun edit

霞(かすみ) • (Kasumi) 

1. Short for 霞が関 (Kasumigaseki): a district in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo
2. a female given name
3. a surname

References edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 霞 (MC hae). Recorded as Middle Korean 하 (ha) (Yale: ha) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

霞

Wikisource

霞 (eumhun 노을 하 (no'eul ha))

1. Hanja form^? of 하 (“the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds”).

Compounds edit

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Han character edit

霞: Hán Nôm readings: hà

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.