Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese (Modern)
Scripts 大空, 大天, 大宙, etc.(Japanese Kanji) おおぞら(Japanese Hiragana) オオゾラ(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsOzora, Ōzora, Ohzora
Meaning & History
From 大空 (oozora) meaning "(literally) big sky, heavens, firmament, the blue," derived from a combination of 大 (oo) meaning "big, large" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky, heaven."
The second kanji can be substituted with one that has the same or similar meaning(s) to 空, like 天 or 宙, the latter normally read as chū meaning "space, (mid)air."Nowadays, these kanji combinations are most commonly read as Sora.
The second kanji can be substituted with one that has the same or similar meaning(s) to 空, like 天 or 宙, the latter normally read as chū meaning "space, (mid)air."Nowadays, these kanji combinations are most commonly read as Sora.