火鼠

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (火鼠)		火	鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄨˇ
Min Nan (POJ): hóe-chhí / hé-chhú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǒshǔ [Phonetic: huóshǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuoshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chhí / hé-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: hué-tshí / hé-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefchie, hefzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵⁴/, /he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/, /he⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/

Noun

火鼠

(Chinese mythology) fire rat or mouse, a mythological creature
(Min Nan) squirrel

Japanese

FWOTD – 20 April 2014

Etymology 1

火鼠 (hinezumi, kaso): woodblock print from the Wakan Sansai Zue (和漢三才図会)

Kanji in this term
火	鼠
ひ Grade: 1	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements 火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “rat, mouse”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひねずみ [hìnéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [çine̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

火鼠 (hiragana ひねずみ, rōmaji hinezumi)

a fire-rat: an imaginary creature of ancient China resembling a white rat, thought to live in the volcanoes of the South China Sea and to have fireproof fur
- 10th century: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
  唐土にある、火鼠の裘を給へ
  もろこしにある、ひねずみのかわごろもをたまえ
  
  Morokoshi ni aru, hinezumi no kawagoromo o tamae
  Get me the fur robe of the fire-rat in China...

Derived terms

Derived terms

火鼠 (ひねずみ)の皮衣 (かわごろも) (hinezumi no kawagoromo): asbestos cloth (literally, “fire-rat's fur robe”)
火鼠 (ひねずみ)の皮衣 (かわぎぬ) (hinezumi no kawaginu): asbestos cloth (literally, “fire-rat's fur robe”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
火	鼠
か Grade: 1	そ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/kwaso/ → /kaso/

From Middle Chinese compound 火鼠 (*xuɑ̌ *shiǔ, literally “fire rat”). Date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) かそ [káꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠so̞]

Noun

火鼠 (hiragana かそ, rōmaji kaso, historical hiragana くわそ)

a fire-rat (see above)

Usage notes

The hinezumi reading is more common.

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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