やう

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of やう – see the following entry.

【夜雨】 [noun] night rain

(This term, やう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as やう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やう.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of やう – see the following entries.

【洋よう】3 [noun] an ocean [noun] (by extension, from the sense of across the ocean) the East (Orient) or especially the West (Occident) [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a male or female given name

【陽よう】3 [affix] sun; sunlight; light [affix] yang (in yin-yang) [affix] positive; plus; male [affix] open; overt [noun] yang (in yin-yang) [noun] open (visible space)

【様よう】3 [noun] way, style, appearance [adjective] be like, look like, seem like, as if, having the likeness of [adjective] (as 様に (yō ni)) I hope; I pray; may [proper noun] a female given name

【養よう】4 [affix] to raise; to rear; to bring up [affix] to support

【揚よう】S [affix] to raise; to lift [affix] to make well-known; to spread

(This term, やう, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as やう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 羊, 瘍, 楊, 痒.)