扶桑

		to support with hand; to help someone up; to help	mulberry tree
trad. (扶桑)		扶	桑
simp. #(扶桑)		扶	桑

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扶桑

1. (Chinese mythology) legendary mulberry tree in the ocean where the sun is supposed to rise

   • 儒者論：「日旦出扶桑，暮入細柳。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     儒者论：「日旦出扶桑，暮入细柳。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Rúzhě lùn: “Rì dàn chū fúsāng, mù rù xìliǔ.” [Pinyin]

     The Ruists reason that: "The sun at dawn rises from the Supportive Mulberry-tree, at dusk sets into the Lissom Willow."

2. (Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan

• (legendary tree): 扶木 (fúmù)

扶桑

1. Alternative name for 朱槿.

Kanji in this term
扶	桑
ふ Grade: S	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

• (Tokyo) ふそー [fùsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) ふそー [fùsóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟so̞ː]

扶(ふ)桑(そう) • (Fusō) ^{←ふさう (Fusau)?}

1. (Chinese mythology) a sacred tree said to exist in Japan
2. (Chinese mythology) a land to the east, often identified with Japan
3. (poetic) Japan

• 扶(ふ)桑国(そうこく) (Fusōkoku)

Hanja in this term
扶	桑

扶桑 • (Busang) (hangeul 부상)

1. hanja form^? of 부상 (“Fusang”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
扶	桑

扶桑

1. chữ Hán form of Phù Tang (“Fusang”).