火災

See also: 火灾

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
disaster; calamity
trad. (火災) 火 災
simp. (火灾) 火 灾

Pronunciation


Noun

火災

  1. fire (as a disaster); conflagration (Classifier: 場/场 m)
    撲滅火災/扑灭火灾  ―  pūmiè huǒzāi  ―  to extinguish a fire
    遇有火災請勿使用電梯。 [MSC, trad.]
    遇有火灾请勿使用电梯。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yù yǒu huǒzāi qǐng wù shǐyòng diàntī. [Pinyin]
    Do not use elevator in case of fire.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 災
か
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwasai/ → /kasai/

From Middle Chinese compound 火災 (xwaX tsoj). Compare modern Mandarin reading huǒzāi.

Pronunciation

Noun

火(か)災(さい) • (kasai) ←くわさい (kwasai)?

  1. fire, conflagration (as in a disaster)
  2. (Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world

Derived terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
火災

Noun

火災 • (hwajae) (hangeul 화재)

  1. Hanja form? of 화재 (“fire (as a disaster), blaze, conflagration”).
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