篝火

Chinese

bamboo frame for drying clothes
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (篝火) 篝 火
simp. #(篝火) 篝 火

Pronunciation


Noun

篝火

  1. bonfire; campfire (Classifier: 把)
  2. (literary) fire covered with a bamboo cage

Derived terms

  • 篝火晚會/篝火晚会
  • 篝火狐鳴/篝火狐鸣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
篝 火
かがり
Hyōgaiji
ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 篝 (kagari, “iron basket for a fire”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かがり​び [kàgáríꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɾʲibʲi]

Noun

篝(かがり)火(び) • (kagaribi) 

  1. watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
  2. (Edo) brothel-keeper

Proper noun

篝(かがり)火(び) • (Kagaribi) 

  1. the 27th chapter of the Tale of Genji

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.