武器

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Chinese

martial; military device; tool; utensil
trad. (武器) 武 器
simp. #(武器) 武 器

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 武 器
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 文甫切 去冀切
Baxter mjuX khijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨoX/ /kʰˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mioX/ /kʰᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mioX/ /kʰiɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muə̆X/ /kʰjiH/
Li
Rong 		/mioX/ /kʰjiH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭuX/ /kʰiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯uX/ /kʰiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǔ qì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou5 hei3

Noun

武器

  1. weapon; arms
  2. (figurative) weapon (means of gaining an advantage over someone or something)
    思想武器  ―  sīxiǎng wǔqì  ―  ideological weapon

Synonyms

  • (weapon):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (武器):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
武 器
ぶ
Grade: 5 		き
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
武器 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 武器 (MC mjuX khijH).

Pronunciation

Noun

武(ぶ)器(き) • (buki) 

  1. (weaponry) weapon, arms
    Synonyms: つわもの (tsuwamono), 兵器 (heiki)
    • 1999 March 1, “格(かく)闘(とう)戦(せん)士(し)アルティメーター”, in Booster 1, Konami:
      武(ぶ)器(き)をいっさい使(つか)わず、素(す)手(で)で戦(たたか)いぬく格(かく)闘(とう)戦(せん)士(し)。
      Buki o issai tsukawazu, sude de tatakainuku kakutō senshi.
      A combat warrior who fights with his bare hands, without ever using any weapon whatsoever.
    • 2004 July 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)26(にじゅうろく)話(わ)　トレーニング・デイ”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) (武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)), volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 161:
      拳(けん)銃(じゅう)は最(さい)後(ご)の武(ぶ)器(き)！銃(じゅう)口(こう)を人(ひと)に向(む)けてはダメ！
      Kenjū wa saigo no buki! Jūkō o hito ni mukete wa dame!
      Handguns are weapons of last resort! Do not casually point muzzles at people!
    • 2012 October 5, “オーガの脱(だつ)獄(ごく)者(しゃ)”, in ラヴニカへの回帰 [Return to Ravnica], Wizards of the Coast:
      鎖(くさり)を武(ぶ)器(き)として使(つか)うという発(はっ)想(そう)に至(いた)るまでに三(さん)年(ねん)を要(よう)した。だがこれに気(き)付(づ)いた彼(かれ)は、無(む)駄(だ)にした年(とし)月(つき)分(ぶん)を取(と)り返(かえ)した。
      Kusari o buki toshite tsukau to iu hassō ni itaru made ni sannen o yōshita. Daga kore ni kizuita kare wa, muda ni shita toshitsukibun o torikaeshita.
      It took three years for it to occur to him to use the chain as a weapon. But once it did, he made up for lost time.
  2. (figurative) weapon
    弁(べん)舌(ぜつ)を武(ぶ)器(き)にする
    benzetsu o buki ni suru
    to use speech as a weapon

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
武器

Noun

武器 • (mugi) (hangeul 무기)

  1. Hanja form? of 무기 (“weapon; arms”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
武器

Noun

武器

  1. chữ Hán form of vũ khí (“weapon; arms”).
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