芙蓉

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(芙蓉)
variant forms 夫容
芙蓉 (1).

Etymology

Possibly derived from a word meaning “to blossom”; compare 敷榮敷荣 (fūróng, “to blossom”) (Zhang and Shen, 2014).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (36)
Final () (24) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨo/ /jɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bio/ /jioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/bio/ /ioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆/ /juawŋ/
Li
Rong
/bio/ /ioŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭu/ /jĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯u/ /i̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3283 4287
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ba/ /*loŋ/
Notes

Noun

芙蓉

  1. cotton rose; hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)
  2. Alternative name for 荷花 (héhuā, “lotus”).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Proper noun

芙蓉

  1. () Furong District, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
  2. () Seremban (Fu Yong), capital of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Pronunciation 2


Proper noun

芙蓉

  1. Alternative name for 梅山 (Méishān, “Meishan Town, Nan'an, Fujian”).

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