Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.[1][2]

Analyzable as ha (probably cognate with (ha, leaf), (ha, tooth), with a common sense of “sprout”) + (yu, verb-forming suffix deriving from Old Japanese, indicating spontaneous, passive, or potential action; compare 見ゆ (miyu), older form of modern 見える (mieru, to be able to see; to seem)).

Also cognate with Old Japanese and Classical 映ゆ (hayu, to appear, to come into view), modern 映える (haeru).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

() (hayuintransitive nidan

  1. (archaic) to grow, sprout

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese edit

Verb edit

生ゆ (payu) (kana はゆ)

  1. to grow, sprout

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Japanese: 生える (haeru)