風船

Chinese

wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (風船)
simp. (风船)

Pronunciation


Noun

風船

  1. (literary) boat or ship propelled by wind
  2. (nautical, informal, euphemistic) sailboat
  3. (Dungan) airplane

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 2
goon kan'on

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of (, wind) +‎ (sen, ship, boat, vessel).

First cited to a text from 1860.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うせん [fùúséń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ふう)(せん) • (fūsen

  1. [from 1860] balloon
    Synonym: 気球 (kikyū)

Derived terms

  • 風船葛(ふうせんかずら) (fūsen kazura)
  • 風船(ふうせん)ガム (fūsen gamu)
  • 風船水母(ふうせんくらげ) (fūsen kurage)
  • 風船茸(ふうせんたけ) (fūsentake)
  • 風船玉(ふうせんだま) (fūsen-dama)
  • 風船爆弾(ふうせんばくだん) (fūsen bakudan)
  • 風船虫(ふうせんむし) (fūsen mushi)
  • 紙風船(かみふうせん) (kami fūsen)
  • 水風船(みずふうせん) (mizu fūsen)

Descendants

  • Palauan: huseng

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

風船 • (pungseon) (hangeul 풍선)

  1. hanja form? of 풍선 (balloon (an inflatable buoyant object designed to transport people through the air))