彌生

彌生

See also: 弥生

Chinese

		full; to fill	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (彌生)		彌	生
simp. (弥生)		弥	生

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 弥生 (Yayoi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ saang¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mísheng
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-shêng¹
    • Yale: Mí-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Misheng
    • Palladius: Мишэн (Mišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ saang¹
    • Yale: mèih sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

彌生

1. Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
2. the former town of Yayoi, Ōita, Japan

---

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
彌	生
や Jinmeiyō	お(い) > よ(い) Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) やよい [yàyóí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠jo̞i]

Noun

彌(や)生(よい) • (yayoi) ^{←やよひ (yayofi)?} (kyūjitai, shinjitai 弥生)

1. Kyūjitai form of 弥生 (yayoi): the third month of the lunar calendar

Proper noun

彌(や)生(よい) • (Yayoi) ^{←やよひ (yayofi)?} (kyūjitai, shinjitai 弥生)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
彌	生
いや Jinmeiyō	お(い) Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

彌(いや)生(おい) • (iyaoi) ^{←いやおひ (yaofi)?} (kyūjitai 彌生)

1. Kyūjitai form of 弥生 (iyaoi): thick growth; the third month of the lunar calendar

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN