花火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	火
はな Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はなび [háꜜnàbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠bʲi]

Noun

花(はな)火(び) • (hanabi)

fireworks

Derived terms

線香花火(せんこうはなび) (senkōhanabi)
花火師(はなびし) (hanabishi)
花火大会(はなびたいかい) (hanabitaikai)

Related terms

火花(ひばな) (hibana)

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
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN