篝火

Chinese

		bamboo frame for drying clothes	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (篝火)		篝	火
simp. ^#(篝火)		篝	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōuhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōuhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gouhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹-huo³
  - Yale: gōu-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouhuoo
  - Palladius: гоухо (gouxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau¹ fo²
  - Yale: gāu fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

篝火

bonfire; campfire (Classifier: 把)
(literary) fire covered with a bamboo cage

Derived terms

篝火晚會 / 篝火晚会
篝火狐鳴 / 篝火狐鸣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
篝	火
かがり Hyōgai	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 篝 (kagari, “iron basket for a fire”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かがりび [kàgáríꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɾʲibʲi]

Noun

篝(かがり)火(び) • (kagaribi)

watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
(Edo) brothel-keeper

Derived terms

篝火草(かがりびそう) (kagaribisō): cyclamen

Proper noun

篝(かがり)火(び) • (Kagaribi)

the 27th chapter of the Tale of Genji

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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