早稲

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
早 稲
わせ
Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
早稻 (kyūjitai)
早生

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshu of circa 759 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *wasay.

Standalone form of wasa-, possibly from fusion of emphatic nominal particle い (i). Compare 雨 (ame, “rain”), from ama + i → ame, and 畑 (hatake, “dry field”), from *hataka + i → hatake.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠se̞]

Noun

早稲(わせ) • (wase) 

  1. rice maturing early
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
早 稲
わさ
Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
早稻 (kyūjitai)
早

Combining form of etymology 1.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠sa̠]

Prefix

早稲(わさ) • (wasa-) 

  1. (of crops) maturing early

References
  1. “早稲・早生”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
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