"海嘯" meaning in Japanese

See 海嘯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Etymology: Compound of 津 (tsu, “cove, inlet, outlet”) + 波 (nami, “wave”). The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|津|波|sort=つなみ|t1=cove, inlet, outlet|t2=wave|tr1=tsu|tr2=nami}} 津 (tsu, “cove, inlet, outlet”) + 波 (nami, “wave”), {{juku|sort=つなみ}} jukujikun (熟字訓)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-海嘯-ja-character-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ka̠iɕo̞ː] Forms: 海嘯 [canonical] (ruby: 海(かい), 嘯(しょう)), kaishō [romanization], kaiseu [romanization], かいせう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /kaiseu/ → /kaiɕeu/ → /kaiɕoː/ From Middle Chinese compound 海嘯 /海啸 (xoj^X sewᴴ, literally “sea, ocean + to roar, to wail”), with the latter character in reference to the sound of the rushing water during a tidal bore. Compare modern Mandarin reading hǎixiào. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=かいしょう}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{ja-noun|かいしょう|hhira=かいせう}} 海(かい)嘯(しょう) • (kaishō) ^(←かいせう (kaiseu)?)
  1. a tidal bore
    Sense id: en-海嘯-ja-noun-3B2YVYPv Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2
  2. a tsunami, a tidal wave
    Sense id: en-海嘯-ja-noun-OGyJwx8U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for 海嘯 meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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