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Late Middle Chinese roots
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[çiɾo̞ɕi] · Japanese
01 / Meaning & origin
洋 is a unisex given name documented in Japanese. English Wiktionary traces it to Middle Chinese.
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/jɨau/ → /jɔː/ → /joː/ From Middle Chinese 洋 (MC yang). Compare modern Mandarin 洋 (yáng).
Meaning: “vast, wide”
Nominalization of the 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) of classical adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “vast, wide”).
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