朝臣

朝臣

1. courtier (attendant at a royal court)

• 廷臣 (tíngchén)

Others:

• Old Japanese: 朝臣 (aso₂mi₁, aso₂)
  • Japanese: 朝臣 (asomi, ason)

⟨aso₂mi₁⟩ → */asəmʲɨ/ → */asomʉ/ → /asoɴ/

Shift from asomi below, Old Japanese aso₂mi₁.[1][2]

The alternative readings are later-period shifts of the ason spelling.[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あ​そん [áꜜsòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠sõ̞ɴ]

朝臣 (hiragana あそん, rōmaji ason, alternative reading あそう, rōmaji asō, alternative reading あっそん, rōmaji asson)

1. (historical) the second-highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”) [since 675 CE]
2. (historical) a title given to powerful courtiers and members of the imperial family up to the fourth rank [since the Heian period]

• 隆 (たか)信 (のぶ)朝 (あ)臣 (そん)集 (しゅう) (Takanobu Ason-shū)
• 名 (な)朝 (あ)臣 (そん) (na ason), 名 (な)の朝 (あ)臣 (そん) (na no ason)
• 名 (な)乗 (の)り朝 (あ)臣 (そん) (nanori ason)

朝臣 (hiragana あそん, rōmaji ason)

1. (archaic) second-person pronoun used as a form of mutual respect among courtiers, equivalent to あなた (anata) or 君 (kimi)

⟨asa omi₁⟩ → ⟨aso₂mi₁⟩ → */asəmʲɨ/ → /asomi/

From Old Japanese.

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 朝臣 (MC ɖˠiᴇu d͡ʑiɪn), equivalent to 朝 (asa, kun-reading of chō, “court”) +‎ 臣 (omi, “attendant, retainer”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あ​そみ [áꜜsòmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠so̞mʲi]

朝臣 (hiragana あそみ, rōmaji asomi)

1. (historical) the second-highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”) [since 675 CE]
2. (historical) a title given to powerful courtiers and members of the imperial family up to the fourth rank [since the Heian period]

• 名 (みょう)字 (じ)朝臣 (あそみ) (myōji asomi)

• 八色 (やくさ)の姓 (かばね) (Yakusa no Kabane): 真 (ま)人 (ひと) (mahito), 朝臣 (あそみ) (asomi), 宿 (すく)禰 (ね) (sukune), 忌寸 (いみき) (imiki), 道 (みちの)師 (し) (michinoshi), 臣 (おみ) (omi), 連 (むらじ) (muraji), 稲置 (いなぎ) (inagi)

/teu ɕin/ → /t͡seuɕin/ → /t͡ɕoːɕin/

From Middle Chinese 朝臣 (MC ɖˠiᴇu d͡ʑiɪn).

Compare modern Mandarin 朝臣 (cháochén).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ちょーしん [chòóshíń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːɕĩɴ]

朝臣 (hiragana ちょうしん, rōmaji chōshin, historical hiragana てうしん)

1. a courtier (attendant at a royal court)

   Synonym: 廷臣 (teishin)

• 朝 (ちょう)廷 (てい) (chōtei)

⟨asa omi₁⟩ → ⟨aso₂mi₁⟩

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 朝臣 (MC ɖˠiᴇu d͡ʑiɪn), equivalent to 朝 (asa, kun-reading of teu, “court”) +‎ 臣 (omi₁, “attendant, retainer”).

朝臣 (aso₂mi₁) (kana あそみ)

1. (historical) the second-highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”)

• Japanese: 朝臣 (asomi, ason)

Short-form of aso₂mi₁ above.

朝臣 (aso₂) (kana あそ)

1. (historical) the second-highest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”)
   • 711–712, Kojiki (poem 71)

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     tama ki₁paru uti no₂ aso₂ na ko₂so₂ pa yo₂ no₂ nagapi₁to₂ so₁ra mi₁tu Yamato₂-no₂-kuni ni kari ko₁mu to₂ ki₁ku ya

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• 内の朝臣 (uti no₂ aso₂, “minister of the interior”)