そう
桑
でん
田
そう
滄
かい
海

expression

Messages.yoji. From a Chinese legend.
  1. the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
そう
桑
でん
田
そう
滄
かい
海
 桑田滄海 そうでんそうかい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mulberry
くわ　ソウ　こ (8th, N1)
obedient, united
ニャク　シャク　したが.う
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
ocean
ソウ (Kentei 1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
godown, warehouse, storehouse
くら　ソウ (4th, N1)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ　あつまる
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
door, house
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
sea, ocean
カイ　うみ　み (2nd, N4)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
every
マイ　ごと　つね (2nd, N5)
person(人) variant
do not, must not, be not
ブ　ム　はは (Kentei 1)