麻生
Chinese
(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (麻生) | 麻 | 生 | |
| simp. #(麻生) | 麻 | 生 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 麻生 (Asō).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Máshēng
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Másheng
- Wade–Giles: Ma2-shêng1
- Yale: Má-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Masheng
- Palladius: Машэн (Mašɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa4 sang1
- Yale: màh sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa4 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: ma4 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
麻生
- an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 麻生, Asō
- (～町) Asō (a town located in Namegata District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 麻 | 生 |
| あさ > あそ Grade: S |
ふ > う Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
⟨asapu⟩ → /asaɸu/ → /asau/ → /asɔː/ → /asoː/
From 麻 (asa, “hemp plant”) + 生 (fu, “place where vegetation grows”).
Proper noun
- a surname
- a placename, especially:
- a ward in northwestern Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
- (historical) a village in Namegata District, Hitachi Province
- c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 292)
- 郡治在麻生町
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- c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 293)
- 麻生 訓闕、按當讀云阿佐布 [...]
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- c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 292)
- (historical) a village in Shimōsa Province, modern Asō, Ibaraki
- c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (Volume 61, page 763)
- 麻生 訓闕、按當讀云阿佐布、即麻田之義、下總常陸又有麻生郡 [...]
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- c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (Volume 61, page 763)
References
- Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitsu (circa 934) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Gaihen, Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1966, →ISBN
Old Japanese
Alternative forms
- 苧生
Etymology
From 麻 (wo, “hemp or ramie plant”) + 生 (pu, “place where vegetation grows”).
Noun
麻生 (wopu) (kana をふ)
- a place where hemp or ramie plants grow
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- 櫻麻乃苧原之下草露有者令明而射去母者雖知
- sakurawo no2 wopu no sitakusa tuyu si areba akasite iyuke1 papa pa siru to2 mo
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Descendants
- Japanese: 麻生, 苧生 (ou), in Japanese dictionaries