Hase

Type Settlement
Usage Japanese
Scripts 長谷(Japanese Kanji) はせ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. HA-SEH  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Etymologically from Japanese 泊 (hatsu) meaning "anchorage" and 瀬 (se) meaning "shallows". The spelling of 長谷 is from a shortening of 長谷 の 泊瀬 (nagatani no hatsuse) meaning "long valley of Hatsuse" [1]. This is the name of a place in Sakurai, Japan.

Related Names

Surname DescendantHasegawa(Japanese)

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/長谷.
Entry updated June 9, 2023