Word Meaning 滄海桑田

そうかいそうでん soukaisouden

滄海桑田 is read as そうかいそうでん (soukaisouden) and means the world is a scene of constant changes.

Meaning

English

the world is a scene of constant changes
the blue sea turns into a mulberry field

Reading

Kana

そうかいそうでん

Romaji

soukaisouden

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

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桑田変じて滄海となる

そうでんへんじてそうかいとなる

the world is a scene of constant changes

桑田滄海

そうでんそうかい

the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)

桑田碧海

そうでんへきかい

the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)

滄海遺珠

そうかいのいしゅ

talented person unbeknownst to the world

桑田

そうでん

mulberry plantation

北海油田

ほっかいゆでん

North Sea oil fields

海底油田

かいていゆでん

offshore oil field

千代田火災海上保険

ちよだかさいかいじょうほけん

Chiyoda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited

安田火災海上保険

やすだかさいかいじょうほけん

Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited

桑海

そうかい

this world's sudden changes

塩田

しおだ

saltpan

沼田

ぬまだ

marshy rice field or paddy