淺草

See also: 浅草

Chinese

		shallow; sound of moving water	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (淺草)		淺	草
simp. (浅草)		浅	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiǎncǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin² cou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎncǎo [Phonetic: qiáncǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎncǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien³-tsʻao³
  - Yale: chyǎn-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheantsao
  - Palladius: цяньцао (cjanʹcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin² cou²
  - Yale: chín chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin² tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin² cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 浅(あさ)草(くさ) (asakusa).

Proper noun

淺草

Asakusa, a district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Etymology 2

Noun

淺草

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 淺 / 浅,‎ 草 (cǎo): shallow grass
- 亂花漸欲迷人眼，淺草纔能沒馬蹄。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  乱花渐欲迷人眼，浅草才能没马蹄。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 824, 白居易,《錢塘湖春行》
  Luàn huā jiàn yù mí rényǎn, qiǎn cǎo cái néng mò mǎtí. [Pinyin]
  A riot of blooms begins to dazzle the eye,
  The grass sways shallow, merely horse-hoof deep.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淺	草
あさ Hyōgai	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淺草 – see the following entry.

【浅草あさくさ】

[proper noun] Asakusa (a district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan)

[proper noun] (~区) one of the 35 former wards of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo City.

(This term, 淺草, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)