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芙蓉

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (芙蓉)
simp. #(芙蓉)
alternative forms 夫容
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lotus
cotton rose

Etymology

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Possibly derived from a word meaning “to blossom”; compare 敷榮敷荣 (fūróng, “to blossom”) (Zhang and Shen, 2014).

"Seremban"
Phono-semantic matching of Malay Sungai Ujong via Cantonese.

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (36)
Final () (24) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bju yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨo/ /jɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bio/ /jioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/bio/ /ioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆/ /juawŋ/
Li
Rong
/bio/ /ioŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭu/ /jĭwoŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯u/ /i̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu4 jung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3283 4287
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ba/ /*loŋ/
Notes

Noun

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芙蓉

  1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
  2. cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)
Synonyms
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  • (lotus):
  • (cotton rose):
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: foo yung, foo young

Proper noun

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芙蓉

  1. () Furong (a district of Changsha, Hunan, China)
  2. () Seremban, Fu Yong (a city, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia)

Pronunciation 2

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Proper noun

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芙蓉

  1. Alternative name for 梅山 (Méishān, “Meishan Town, Nan'an, Fujian”).

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
よう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 芙蓉 (MC bju yowng).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(よう) or 芙蓉(フヨウ) (fuyōふよう (fuyou)?

  1. hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)

Usage notes

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  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN