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“fly” + “bird”
Language context for this entry: Japanese
[çit͡ɕo̞ː] · Japanese
01 / Meaning & origin
飛鳥 is a Japanese given name with 2 readings recorded in JMnedict, Asuka (あすか) and Hichou (ひちょう); both are recorded as given names with sex not specified. Its characters mean “fly” + “bird” (KANJIDIC2).
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Meaning: “fly” + “bird”
/pʷi teu/ → /fit͡ɕeu/ → /hit͡ɕoː/ From Middle Chinese compound 飛鳥 (MC pj+j tewX).
From Old Japanese. Asuka was associated with "flying bird" by Emperor Tenmu for several events of spotting auspicious "red birds" (called 朱雀 or 臘子鳥 in Nihon Shoki) in Asuka during his reign (673–686). Starting from about 689, pillow word 飛鳥 (tobu tori no, “... of flying birds”) began to allude to Asuka, and became an interchangeable kanji spelling of it. Compare 春日 (Kasuga).
/pʷi teu/ → /fit͡ɕeu/ → /hit͡ɕoː/ 源自中古漢語组词飛鳥 (中古 pj+j tewX)。 源自上古日語。 汉字派生自枕詞(まくらことば) (makura kotoba) 飛ぶ鳥の (tobu tori no)，暗指明日香 (Asuka，地名)，历史上，两表记可互换。 对比春日 (Kasuga)。
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