藤原

Chinese

		rattan; cane	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
trad. (藤原)		藤	原
simp. #(藤原)		藤	原

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Téngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Téngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Téngyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻêng²-yüan²
    • Yale: Téng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Terngyuan
    • Palladius: Тэнъюань (Tɛnʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴ jyun⁴
    • Yale: tàhng yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/

Proper noun

藤原

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 藤原, Fujiwara; or of 藤原, Fujihara

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
藤	原
ふじ Grade: S	はら > わら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

/pudi para/ → /ɸud͡ʑiɸara/ → /ɸuʑiwara/

Shift from Fujihara (Old Japanese Pudipara) below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑiɰᵝa̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

藤(ふじ)原(わら) • (Fujiwara) ^{←ふぢはら (fudifara)?}

1. a surname, especially those from a powerful clan descended from Nakatomi no Kamatari
2. a placename
   • 1439, Shin Shokukokin Wakashū (book 20, poem 2144)

     頼(たの)むかなわが藤原(ふじはら)の都(みやこ)より跡(あと)たれそむる玉(たま)津(つ)島(しま)姫(ひめ)

     tanomu kana waga Fujiwara no miyako yori ato tare somuru Tamatsushima-hime

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

• 藤(ふじ)原(わら)京(きょう) (Fujiwara-kyō)
• 藤(ふじ)原(わら)時(じ)代(だい) (Fujiwara jidai)
• 奥州(おうしゅう)藤(ふじ)原(わら)氏(し) (Ōshū Fujiwara-shi)

See also

• 藤氏(とうじ) (Tōji), 藤氏(とうし) (Tōshi)
• 中(なか)臣(とみ) (Nakatomi)
• 南家(なんけ) (Nanke), 北家(ほっけ) (Hokke), 式(しき)家(け) (Shikike), 京家(きょうけ) (Kyōke)
• 一(いち)条(じょう) (Ichijō), 九条(くじょう) (Kujō), 近衛(このえ) (Konoe), 鷹(たか)司(つかさ) (Takatsukasa), 二条(にじょう) (Nijō), 松(まつ)殿(どの) (Matsudono)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
藤	原
ふじ Grade: S	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 藤 (fuji, “Wisteria floribunda”) +‎ 原 (hara, “(uncultivated) field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑiha̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

藤(ふじ)原(はら) • (Fujihara) ^{←ふぢはら (fudifara)?}

1. a placename
2. a surname

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 藤 (pudi, “Wisteria floribunda”) +‎ 原 (para, “(uncultivated) field”).

Proper noun

藤原 (Pudipara) (kana ふぢはら)

1. a powerful clan descended from Nakatomi no Kamatari
2. a placename, especially 藤原京 (Fujiwara-kyō) in present-day Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 2289:

     , text here

     藤原古郷之秋芽子者開而落去寸君待不得而

     Pudipara no₂ purinisi sato₁ no₂ aki₁ pagi₂ pa saki₁te tiriniki₁ ki₁mi₁ mati kanete

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• Japanese: 藤原 (ふじわら, Fujiwara)