そう
桑
でん
田
へき
碧
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
へき
碧
かい
海
 桑田碧海 そうでんへきかい

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)
blue, green
ヘキ　ヒャク　みどり (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
white
しろ　ハク　しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
stone
いし　セキ　シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
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)