業火

See also: 业火

Chinese
business; occupation; study
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (業火) 業 火
simp. (业火) 业 火

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 業 火
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 業 (147) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 魚怯切 呼果切
Baxter ngjaep xwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɨɐp̚/ /huɑX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋiɐp̚/ /huɑX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiɐp̚/ /xuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋɨap̚/ /hwaX/
Li
Rong		 /ŋiap̚/ /xuɑX/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭɐp̚/ /xuɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋi̯ɐp̚/ /xuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yè huǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jip6 fo2

Noun

業火

  1. (Buddhism) hellfire

Japanese
Kanji in this term
業 火
ごう
Grade: 3		 か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

/ɡapukwa/ → /ɡafukwa/ → /ɡawukwa/ → /ɡaukwa/ → /ɡɔːkwa/ → /ɡoːkwa/ → /ɡoːka/

From Middle Chinese compound 業火 (MC ngjaep xwaX, literally “karmic fire”). Compare modern Mandarin 業火／业火 (yèhuǒ).

Buddhist term, imported into Japanese when Buddhism was introduced to Japan, some time during the Kofun, Asuka, and Nara periods.

Pronunciation

Noun

業(ごう)火(か) • (gōka) ←がふくわ (gafukwa)?

  1. (Buddhism) hellfire

Antonyms

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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