淺草

See also: 浅草

Chinese

		shallow; sound of moving water	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (淺草)		淺	草
simp. (浅草)		浅	草

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 浅(あさ)草(くさ) (asakusa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiáncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin² cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qiáncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciáncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: Chyán-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyantsao
    • Palladius: Цяньцао (Cjanʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin² cou²
    • Yale: chín chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

淺草

1. Asakusa, a district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淺	草
あさ Hyōgai	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淺草 – see the following entry.

【浅草あさくさ】 [proper noun] Asakusa (a district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan)

(This term, 淺草, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)