篝火

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

篝火

  1. bonfire; campfire (Classifier: )
  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
かがり
Hyōgaiji
ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(かがり)() (kagaribi) 

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

Derived terms

References

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