無何有の郷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	何	有	郷
む Grade: 4	か Grade: 2	う Grade: 3	きょう Grade: 6
goon	kan'on	goon	kan'on

Alternative spellings
無何有の鄕 (kyūjitai) 無何有之郷

Kanji in this term
無	何	有	郷
む Grade: 4	か Grade: 2	う Grade: 3	さと Grade: 6
goon	kan'on	goon	kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
無何有の鄕 (kyūjitai) 無何有之郷

Etymology

無何有 (literally “nothing exists”) +‎ の (attributive marker) +‎ 郷 (“village; town”), Old Japanese 無何有乃郷 (mugau no sato) (万葉集 (Man'yōshū), 3851st poem), calque of Literary Chinese 無何有之鄉 (wúhéyǒuzhīxiāng)

Noun

無(む)何(か)有(う)の郷(さと) or 無(む)何(か)有(う)の郷(きょう) • (mukau no sato or mukau no kyō)

(literary) synonym of ユートピア (yūtopia, “utopia”)
Synonym: 無何有郷 (mukayūkyō)
- 2019, Mafumafu, “曼珠沙華 [Red Spider Lily]”:
  
  四(し)季(き)の芽(め)吹(ぶ)いた華(か)胥(しょ)の国(くに)
  果(は)ても知(し)らずに絢(けん)爛(らん)に
  桃(もも)の香(こう)に当(あ)てられて
  夢(ゆめ)見(み)心(ごこ)地(ち)無(む)何(か)有(う)の郷(さと)
  Shiki no mebuita kasho no kuni
  Hate mo shirazu ni kenran ni
  Momo no kō ni aterarete
  Yumemigokochi mukau no sato
  A paradise where seasons bloom
  Gloriously, with no end in sight
  Intoxicated by a peachy fragrance
  A dreamy state, a utopia

References

“無何有の郷”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025