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

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–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: màh sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

麻生

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

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

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

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あそー [áꜜsòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠so̞ː]

Proper noun

麻(あそ)生(う) • (Asō) ^{←あさふ (Asafu)^?}

a surname
a placename, especially:
1. a former town in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
麻	生
あさ Grade: S	お Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あさお [àsáó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠o̞]

Proper noun

麻(あさ)生(お) • (Asao)

a ward in northwestern Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
麻	生
ま Grade: S	お Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

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

【まお】	[proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 真, 真央, 摩緒, 真緒, 麻央, 真魚, 麻緒

(This term, 麻生, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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)

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