尾閭

See also: 尾闾

Chinese

tail gate of a village; village
trad. (尾閭)
simp. (尾闾)

Etymology

The mythological hole is from Zhuangzi.

Pronunciation


Noun

尾閭

  1. lower reaches (of a river)
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) the "tail gate", coccygeal and sacral areas
  3. (Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尾閭):
  • Japanese: 尾閭(びりょ) (biryo)
  • Korean: 미려(尾閭) (miryeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
りょ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From 莊子.

Pronunciation

Noun

()(りょ) • (biryo) 

  1. (Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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