狼煙

See also: 狼烟

Chinese
wolf cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (狼煙) 狼 煙
simp. (狼烟) 狼 烟

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 狼 煙
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 魯當切 烏前切
Baxter lang 'en
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɑŋ/ /ʔen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɑŋ/ /ʔen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɑŋ/ /ʔɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /laŋ/ /ʔɛn/
Li
Rong		 /lɑŋ/ /ʔen/
Wang
Li		 /lɑŋ/ /ien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lɑŋ/ /ʔien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 láng yān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 long4 jin1

Noun

狼煙

  1. smoke from the wolf dung burnt to signal warfare; fire beacon; smoke signal
  2. (figurative) war; flames of war

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
狼 煙
のろし
Jinmeiyō Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
狼烟
烽火

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 狼煙／狼烟 (lángyān, literally “wolf smoke”), supposedly derived from the use in China of wolves' droppings in signal fires.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) のろし [nòróshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [no̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

狼煙(のろし) • (noroshi) 

  1. smoke signal, skyrocket, signal fire, beacon

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
狼 煙
ろう
Jinmeiyō		 えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Learned borrowing from Chinese 狼煙／狼烟 (lángyān)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ろーえん [ròóéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

狼(ろう)煙(えん) • (rōen) 

  1. signal fire, beacon
Usage notes

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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