火神

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Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (火神)		火	神
simp. ^#(火神)		火	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒshén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² san⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-sîn / hé-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshén
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-shên²
  - Yale: hwǒ-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshern
  - Palladius: хошэнь (xošɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² san⁴
  - Yale: fó sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: hué-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: hé-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefsiin
  - IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

Noun

火神

god of fire

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火神):

→ Japanese: 火神(かじん) (kajin)
→ Korean: 화신(火神) (hwasin)
→ Vietnamese: hoả thần (火神)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	神
か Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
火神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 火神 (MC xwaX zyin, literally “fire + god”).

First attested in 1103 in the 中右記 (Chūyū-ki), a diary spanning some 50 years of life in the imperial court.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

火(か)神(じん) • (kajin) ^{←くわじん (kwazin)^?}

(mythology, Shinto, possibly archaic) a god of fire, another name for Kagutsuchi

References

^ “火神”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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