秋葉

See also: 秋叶

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	leaf; page
trad. (秋葉)		秋	葉
simp. (秋叶)		秋	叶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciouyè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: chyōu-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouyeh
    • Palladius: цюе (cjuje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ jip⁶
    • Yale: chāu yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/

Noun

秋葉

1. autumn leaves

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (秋葉):

• → Japanese: 秋葉(しゅうよう) (shūyō)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
秋	葉
あき Grade: 2	は > ば Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 秋 (aki, “autumn”) +‎ 葉 (ha, “leaf”).

The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

秋(あき)葉(ば) or 秋葉(アキバ) • (Akiba) 

1. a placename, especially:
   1. (colloquial) Short for 秋葉原 (Akihabara): a commercial district in Tokyo known for its market in electronics and popular culture
2. a surname
3. a female given name

Derived terms

• 秋(あき)葉山(ばさん) (Akiba-san)
• 秋(あき)葉(ば)神社(じんじゃ) (Akiba Jinja)
• 秋(あき)葉(ば)ダム (Akiba Damu)
• 秋(あき)葉(ば)寺(でら) (Akiba-dera)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
秋	葉
あき Grade: 2	は Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 秋 (aki, “autumn”) +‎ 葉 (ha, “leaf”), without rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

秋(あき)葉(は) • (Akiha) 

1. a placename, especially of a district in Niigata Prefecture
2. a surname
3. a female given name

Derived terms

• 秋(あき)葉山(はさん) (Akiha-san)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
秋	葉
しゅう Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
kan’on

/sɨu jepu/ → /ɕɨujefu/ → /ɕuːjeu/ → /ɕuːjoː/

From Middle Chinese 秋葉 (MC tshjuw yep).

Noun

秋(しゅう)葉(よう) • (shūyō) ^{←しうえふ (siuefu)?}

1. autumn leaves

Proper noun

秋(しゅう)葉(よう) • (Shūyō) ^{←しうえふ (siuefu)?}

1. a male or female given name

See also

• 秋(あき)つ葉(は) (aki tsu ha)
• 秋(あき)の葉(は)の (aki no ha no, pillow word)