せい
晴
こう
耕
う
雨
どく
読

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Messages.yoji.
  1. working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather, living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せい
晴
こう
耕
う
雨
どく
読
 晴耕雨読 せいこううどく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

clear up
は.れる　はれ　セイ (2nd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
blue, green
あお　セイ　お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
till, plow, cultivate
コウ　たがや.す　こお (5th, N2)
come, plough, three-branch tree radical (no. 127)
ライ　ルイ　き (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ　いま.だ　ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
well, well crib, town
い　ショウ　セイ (7th, N1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
rain
あめ　あま-　ウ (1st, N5)
read
よ.む　ドク　よみ (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
sell
う.る　バイ　うり (2nd, N4)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (4th, N1)
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)