篝火

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

篝火

  1. bonfire; campfire (Classifier: 把)

Derived terms

  • 篝火晚會／篝火晚会
  • 篝火狐鳴／篝火狐鸣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
篝 火
かがり
Hyōgaiji		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

篝火 (hiragana かがりび, rōmaji kagaribi)

  1. watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
  2. brothel-keeper in the Edo period
  3. 27th chapter of The Tale of Genji

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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