烏合の衆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	合	衆
う Jinmeiyō	ごう Grade: 2	しゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 烏合之眾 (wūhézhīzhòng), from the Tōkan Kanki (東観漢記, Chinese: 東觀漢記 Dongguan Hanji).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うごーのしゅう [ùgóó nó shúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡo̞ː no̞ ɕɨː]

Noun

烏(う)合(ごう)の衆(しゅう) • (ugō no shū) ^{←うがふのしゆう (ugafu no syuu)?}

1. disorderly group of people; mob; rabble

References

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