火災

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See also: 火灾

Chinese

fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
 disaster; calamity
trad. (火災) 火 災
simp. (火灾) 火 灾

Pronunciation

Noun

火災

  1. fire (as a disaster); conflagration (Classifier: 場／场 m)
    撲滅火災／扑灭火灾  ―  pūmiè huǒzāi  ―  to extinguish a fire
    遇有火災請勿使用電梯。 [MSC, trad.]
    遇有火灾请勿使用电梯。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yù yǒu huǒzāi qǐng wù shǐyòng diàntī.
    Do not use elevator in case of fire.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 災
か
Grade: 1 		さい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

/kwasai/ → /kasai/

From Middle Chinese compound 火災 (xwaX tsoj). Compare modern Mandarin reading huǒzāi.

Pronunciation

Noun

火(か)災(さい) • (kasai) ←くわさい (kwasai)?

  1. fire, conflagration (as in a disaster)
  2. (Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world

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References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
火災

Noun

火災 • (hwajae) (hangeul 화재)

  1. hanja form? of 화재 (“fire (as a disaster), blaze, conflagration”)
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