扶桑

Chinese

to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help mulberry tree
trad. (扶桑)
simp. #(扶桑)

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)

Coordinate terms

  • 尋木寻木
  • 建木
  • 細柳细柳
  • 若木 (ruòmù)

Derived terms

Noun

扶桑

  1. Alternative name for 朱槿.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
そう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

()(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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

扶桑 • (Busang) (hangeul 부상)

  1. Hanja form? of 부상 (Fusang).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

扶桑

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