風林火山

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風 林 火 山
ふう
Grade: 2		 りん
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 1		 さん > ざん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

A contraction of the slogan on daimyō Takeda Shingen's army banner, 「疾如風、徐如林、侵掠如火、不動如山」, originally from Sun Tzu's The Art of War

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) ふうりんか​ざん [fùúríńkáꜜzàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
    • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːɾʲĩŋka̠zã̠ɴ]

Noun

風林火山 (hiragana ふうりんかざん, rōmaji fūrinkazan, historical hiragana ふうりんくわざん)

  1. (military) "wind-forest-fire-mountain", a military strategy that's based on the premise of being "as swift as the wind, as silent as the forest, as fierce as the fire, as firm as the mountain"
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