烽火

Chinese
beacon fire
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (烽火) 烽 火
simp. #(烽火) 烽 火

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 烽 火
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 敷容切 呼果切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰɨoŋ/ /huɑX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰioŋ/ /huɑX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰioŋ/ /xuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰuawŋ/ /hwaX/
Li
Rong		 /pʰioŋ/ /xuɑX/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭwoŋ/ /xuɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯woŋ/ /xuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fēng huǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 fung1 fo2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 火
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huǒ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xwaX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[qʷʰ]ˁəjʔ/
English fire

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 烽 火
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3228 5540
Phonetic
component		 丰 火
Rime
group		 東 歌
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 峯 火
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰoŋ/ /*qʰʷaːlʔ/

Noun

烽火

  1. signal-fire used in ancient China to warn of an approaching enemy
  2. (figuratively) war; conflict

Derived terms
  • 烽火輪／烽火轮

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
烽 火
のろし
Hyōgaiji Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative forms

Noun

烽火(のろし) • (noroshi) 

  1. smoke signal, skyrocket

Korean
Hanja in this term
烽火

Noun

烽火 • (bonghwa) (hangeul 봉화)

  1. Hanja form? of 봉화 (“signal fire”).
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