阿呆

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Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
foolish; stupid; no expression
foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
 
trad. (阿呆/阿獃) 阿 呆/獃
simp. (阿呆) 阿 呆

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

阿呆

  1. fool

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
阿 呆
あ
Jinmeiyō
(ateji) 		ほう
Hyōgai
(ateji)
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
阿房

→ → → .

Kanji spelling is ateji (当て字)

Pronunciation

Adjective

阿(あ)呆(ほう) • (ahō) ←あはう (afau)?-na (adnominal 阿(あ)呆(ほう)な (ahō na), adverbial 阿(あ)呆(ほう)に (ahō ni))

  1. foolish
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 13:
      Afǒna. アハゥナ (阿房な)　馬鹿な(者, または, こと).
      Ahō na. Stupid (person or thing).

Noun

阿(あ)呆(ほう) • (ahō) ←あはう (afau)?

  1. a foolish person or action
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 13:
      Afǒ. アハゥ (阿房)　Vtçuqe(虚)に同じ. 愚かな人, 馬鹿者. ¶ また, 馬鹿なこと. ¶ Afǒuo yǔ.(阿房を言ふ) 馬鹿なことを言う.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1923–1927, 芥川龍之介, 侏儒の言葉‎, 青空文庫:
      阿呆(あほう)はいつも彼以外(かれいがい)の人人(ひとびと)を悉(ことごと)く阿呆(あほう)と考(かんが)えている。
      Ahō wa itsumo kare igai no hitobito o kotogotoku ahō to kangaete iru.
      A fool is always thinking that people other than him are all fools.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
阿 呆
あ
Jinmeiyō
(ateji) 		ほ
Hyōgai
(ateji)
on'yomi

A contraction from ahō → aho.

Pronunciation

Adjective

阿(あ)呆(ほ) or 阿呆(アホ) • (aho) -na (adnominal 阿(あ)呆(ほ)な (aho na), adverbial 阿(あ)呆(ほ)に (aho ni))

  1. (Kansai) foolish
Synonyms

Noun

阿(あ)呆(ほ) or 阿呆(アホ) • (aho) 

  1. (Kansai) a foolish person or action
Synonyms

Derived terms

References

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