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Chinese
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beacon fire
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fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
| trad. (烽火)
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烽
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火
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| simp. #(烽火)
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烽
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火
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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火
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huǒ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xwaX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁəjʔ/
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| English
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fire
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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烽
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火
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3228
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5540
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Phonetic
component
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丰
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火
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Rime
group
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東
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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峯
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火
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰoŋ/
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/*qʰʷaːlʔ/
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Noun
烽火
- signal-fire used in ancient China to warn of an approaching enemy
- (figuratively) war; conflict
Derived terms
See also
Japanese
Noun
烽火 • (noroshi)
- smoke signal, skyrocket
Korean
Noun
烽火 • (bonghwa) (hangeul 봉화)
- hanja form? of 봉화 (“signal fire”)