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Chinese
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fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
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rat; mouse
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trad. (火鼠)
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火
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鼠
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simp. #(火鼠)
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火
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鼠
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Pronunciation
Noun
火鼠
- (Chinese mythology) fire rat or mouse (a mythological creature)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) squirrel
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
松鼠 (“squirrel”)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of Old Japanese elements 火 (hi, “fire”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “rat, mouse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
火鼠 • (hinezumi)
- a fire-rat: an imaginary creature of ancient China resembling a white rat, thought to live in the volcanoes of the South China Sea and to have fireproof fur
- 10th century: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
- 唐土にある、火鼠の裘を給へ
- もろこしにある、ひねずみのかわごろもをたまえ
- Morokoshi ni aru, hinezumi no kawagoromo o tamae
- Get me the fur robe of the fire-rat in China...
Derived terms
Etymology 2
/kwaso/ → /kaso/
From Middle Chinese compound 火鼠 (MC xwaX syoX, literally “fire rat”). Date of borrowing unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
火鼠 • (kaso) ←くわそ (kwaso)?
- a fire-rat (see above)
Usage notes
The hinezumi reading is more common.
References