火神

Chinese

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Pronunciation


Noun

火神

  1. god of fire

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火神):
  • Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Korean: 화신(火神) (hwasin)
  • Vietnamese: hoả thần (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
じん
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 火神 (MC xwaX zyin, literally “fire + god”).

First attested in 1103 in the 中右記 (Chūyū-ki), a diary spanning some 50 years of life in the imperial court.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

()(じん) • (kajin) くわじん (kwazin)?

  1. [from 1103] (mythology, Shinto, possibly archaic) a god of fire, another name for Kagutsuchi

References

  1. 火神”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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