歩子

See also: 步子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
歩	子
あゆ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
步子 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 歩 (ayu, appears to be the truncated stem of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to progress, to proceed, to move along”)) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”, common suffixing element in feminine names).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟ᵝko̞]

Proper noun

歩(あゆ)子(こ) • (Ayuko) 

1. a female given name

Descendants

• English: Ayuko

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
歩	子
あゆ(み) Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
步子 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 歩み (ayumi, “progressing, proceeding”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to progress, to proceed, to move along”)) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”, common suffixing element in feminine names).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟ᵝmʲiko̞]

Proper noun

歩(あゆみ)子(こ) • (Ayumiko) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
歩	子
ふ(み) Grade: 2	ね Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
步子 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 踏み (fumi, “stepping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 踏む (fumu, “to step”)) +‎ 子 (ne, “in ancient Japanese, the name of an hour, the zodiac rat, or an alternative name for north”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲine̞]

Proper noun

歩(ふみ)子(ね) • (Fumine) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
歩	子
ほ > ぽ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
步子 (kyūjitai)

Unknown. The ko ending is the common 子 (ko) suffixing element in feminine names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [po̞ko̞]

Proper noun

歩(ぽ)子(こ) • (Poko) 

1. a female given name (rare)