이화우

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 梨花 (pear blossom) + (rain).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ihwau
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ihwau
McCune–Reischauer?ihwau
Yale Romanization?ihwawu

Noun

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이화우 (ihwau) (hanja 梨花雨)

  1. (poetic) a shower of pear blossoms, scattered by the wind
    • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:
      ()()()홋ᄲᅮ릴제울며잡고()()ᄒᆞᆫ님 / ()()()()에져도날()()ᄂᆞᆫ가
      Ihwau hotppuril je ulmyeo japgo ibyeol-han nim / Chupung nagyeobe jyeodo nal saenggak-neunga
      In the pear-petal rain, weeping, clutching, my love whom I bid farewell / By the leaves that fall to this autumn wind, does he remember me too?