芙蓉

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

"Seremban"

Phono-semantic matching of Malay Sungai Ujong via Cantonese.

芙蓉

1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

   • 製芰荷以為衣兮，集芙蓉以為裳。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     制芰荷以为衣兮，集芙蓉以为裳。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Zhì jìhé yǐwéi yī xī, jí fúróng yǐwéi shāng. [Pinyin]

     I fashioned the flowers of the water-caltrops to adorn my upper garment; I collected those of the lotus for my lower one.

2. cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)

• (lotus):

• (cotton rose):

• → English: foo yung, foo young

芙蓉

1. (～區) Furong (a district of Changsha, Hunan, China)
2. (～市) Seremban, Fu Yong (a city, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia)

芙蓉

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

From Middle Chinese 芙蓉 (MC bju yowng).

• (Tokyo) ふよー [fùyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟jo̞ː]

芙(ふ)蓉(よう) or 芙蓉(フヨウ) • (fuyō) ^{←ふよう (fuyou)?}

1. hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

• 芙蓉蟹(フーヨーハイ) (fūyōhai)