麻生

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (麻生)		麻	生
simp. #(麻生)		麻	生

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 麻生 (Asō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Máshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Másheng
    • Wade–Giles: Ma²-shêng¹
    • Yale: Má-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Masheng
    • Palladius: Машэн (Mašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: màh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

麻生

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 麻生, Asō
2. (～町) Asō (a town located in Namegata District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麻	生
あさ > あそ Grade: S	ふ > う Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨asapu⟩ → /asaɸu/ → /asau/ → /asɔː/ → /asoː/

From 麻 (asa, “hemp plant”) +‎ 生 (fu, “place where vegetation grows”).

Proper noun

麻(あそ)生(う) • (Asō) ^{←あさふ (Asafu)?}

1. a surname
2. a placename, especially:
   1. a ward in northwestern Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
   2. (historical) a village in Namegata District, Hitachi Province
      • c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 292)

        郡治在麻生町

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

      • c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (volume 20, page 293)

        麻生 訓闕、按當讀云阿佐布 [...]

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   3. (historical) a village in Shimōsa Province, modern Asō, Ibaraki
      • c. 934, Wamyō Ruijushō (Volume 61, page 763)

        麻生 訓闕、按當讀云阿佐布、即麻田之義、下總常陸又有麻生郡 [...]

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitsu (circa 934) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Gaihen, Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1966, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Alternative forms

• 苧生

Etymology

From 麻 (wo, “hemp or ramie plant”) +‎ 生 (pu, “place where vegetation grows”).

Noun

麻生 (wopu) (kana をふ)

1. a place where hemp or ramie plants grow
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2687:
     , text here

     櫻麻乃苧原之下草露有者令明而射去母者雖知

     sakurawo no₂ wopu no sitakusa tuyu si areba akasite iyuke₁ papa pa siru to₂ mo

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• Japanese: 麻生, 苧生 (ou), in Japanese dictionaries