扶桑

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Chinese

to support with hand; to help someone up; to help mulberry tree
trad. (扶桑) 扶 桑
simp. #(扶桑) 扶 桑
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

扶桑

  1. (Chinese mythology) legendary mulberry tree in the ocean where the sun is supposed to rise
  2. (Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan

Synonyms

  • (legendary tree): 扶木 (fúmù)

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Noun

扶桑

  1. Alternative name for 朱槿.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扶 桑
ふ
Grade: S 		そう
Grade: S
on'yomi
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

扶(ふ)桑(そう) • (Fusō) ←ふさう (Fusau)?

  1. (Chinese mythology) a sacred tree said to exist in Japan
  2. (Chinese mythology) a land to the east, often identified with Japan
  3. (poetic) Japan

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
扶桑

Proper noun

扶桑 • (Busang) (hangeul 부상)

  1. hanja form? of 부상 (“Fusang”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
扶桑

Proper noun

扶桑

  1. chữ Hán form of Phù Tang (“Fusang”)
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