Chinese edit

 
(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)
simp. #(麻生)

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 麻生 (Asō).

Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

麻生

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 麻生, Asō
  2. () Asō (a town located in Namegata District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あさ > あそ
Grade: S
ふ > う
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
 
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Etymology edit

⟨asapu⟩/asaɸu//asau//asɔː//asoː/

From (asa, hemp plant) +‎ (fu, place where vegetation grows).

Proper noun edit

(あそ)() (Asōあさふ (asafu)?

  1. a surname
  2. a placename, especially:
    1. a ward in northwestern Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
    2. (historical) a village in Namegata District, Hitachi Province
      • c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 292)
        郡治在麻生
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      • c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 293)
        麻生 訓闕、按當讀云阿佐布 [...]
        (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    3. (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 [...]
        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From (wo, hemp or ramie plant) +‎ (pu, place where vegetation grows).

Noun edit

麻生 (wopu) (kana をふ)

  1. a place where hemp or ramie plants grow
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2687:
      , text here
      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
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants edit

  • Japanese: 麻生, 苧生 (ou), in Japanese dictionaries