秋葉

See also: 秋叶

Chinese

 
autumn; fall; harvest time
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
leaf; page
trad. (秋葉)
simp. (秋叶)

Pronunciation


Noun

秋葉

  1. autumn leaves

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (秋葉):
  • Japanese: 秋葉(しゅうよう) (shūyō)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 2
は > ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of (aki, autumn) + (ha, leaf).

The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

(あき)() or 秋葉(アキバ) • (Akiba) 

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. (colloquial) Short for 秋葉原 (Akihabara): a commercial district in Tokyo known for its market in electronics and popular culture
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name
Derived terms
  • (あき)葉山(ばさん) (Akiba-san)
  • (あき)()神社(じんじゃ) (Akiba Jinja)
  • (あき)()ダム (Akiba Damu)
  • (あき)()(でら) (Akiba-dera)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of (aki, autumn) + (ha, leaf), without rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

(あき)() • (Akiha) 

  1. a placename, especially of a district in Niigata Prefecture
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name
Derived terms
  • (あき)葉山(はさん) (Akiha-san)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
kan’on

/sɨu jepu//ɕɨujefu//ɕuːjeu//ɕuːjoː/

From Middle Chinese 秋葉 (MC tshjuw yep).

Noun

(しゅう)(よう) • (shūyō) しうえふ (siuefu)?

  1. autumn leaves

Proper noun

(しゅう)(よう) • (Shūyō) しうえふ (siuefu)?

  1. a male or female given name

See also

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