杳乎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杳 乎
よう
Hyōgai 		こ
Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Etymology

From 杳(よう) (yō, “deep, dark, distant”) + 乎(こ) (ko, “state, appearance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːko̞]

Adjective

杳(よう)乎(こ) • (yōko) †-tari (adnominal 杳(よう)乎(こ)とした (yōko to shita) or 杳(よう)乎(こ)たる (yōko taru), adverbial 杳(よう)乎(こ)と (yōko to) or 杳(よう)乎(こ)として (yōko to shite)) (Classical Japanese)

  1. appearing deep, dark or distant

References

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