扶桑

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help	mulberry tree
trad. (扶桑)		扶	桑
simp. #(扶桑)		扶	桑

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúsāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄙㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ song¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hû-song

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúsāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄙㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúsang
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-sang¹
    • Yale: fú-sāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwusang
    • Palladius: фусан (fusan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ song¹
    • Yale: fùh sōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ song¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ song¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-song
    • Tâi-lô: hû-song
    • Phofsit Daibuun: husofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²³⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

扶桑

1. (Chinese mythology) legendary mulberry tree in the ocean where the sun is supposed to rise

   • 儒者論：「日旦出扶桑，暮入細柳。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     儒者论：「日旦出扶桑，暮入细柳。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Rúzhě lùn: “Rì dàn chū fúsāng, mù rù xìliǔ.” [Pinyin]

     The Ruists reason that: "The sun at dawn rises from the Supportive Mulberry-tree, at dusk sets into the Lissom Willow."

2. (Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan

Synonyms

• (legendary tree): 扶木 (fúmù)

Coordinate terms

• 尋木／寻木
• 建木
• 細柳／细柳
• 若木 (ruòmù)

 

Derived terms

• 扶桑國／扶桑国 (Fúsāngguó)
• 扶桑花

 

Noun

扶桑

1. Alternative name for 朱槿.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扶	桑
ふ Grade: S	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふそー [fùsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ふそ​ー [fùsóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝso̞ː]

Proper noun

扶(ふ)桑(そう) • (Fusō) ^{←ふさう (fusau)?}

1. (Chinese mythology) a sacred tree said to exist in Japan
2. (Chinese mythology) a land to the east, often identified with Japan
3. (poetic) Japan

See also

• 扶(ふ)桑国(そうこく) (Fusōkoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
扶	桑

Proper noun

扶桑 • (Busang) (hangeul 부상)

1. Hanja form^? of 부상 (“Fusang”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
扶	桑

Proper noun

扶桑

1. chữ Hán form of Phù Tang (“Fusang”).