火狐

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Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
fox
trad. (火狐)
simp. #(火狐)

Pronunciation


Noun

火狐

  1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Classifier: m)
  2. red panda (Classifier: m)

Synonyms

Proper noun

火狐

  1. Firefox

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of () (hi, fire) + (きつね) (kitsune, fox), calque of English Firefox. The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

()(ぎつね) (Higitsune

  1. (Internet slang) Firefox (web browser)

Synonyms