防火壁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	火	壁
ぼう Grade: 5	か Grade: 1	へき Grade: S
goon	on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 防(ぼう)火(か) (bōka, “fire prevention”) + 壁(へき) (heki, “wall; barrier”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーかへき [bòókáꜜhèkì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːka̠he̞kʲi]

Noun

防(ぼう)火(か)壁(へき) • (bōkaheki) ^{←ばうくわへき (baukwafeki)^?}

(firefighting) firewall (fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire through a building)

See also

ファイアウォール (faiawōru, “(computing) firewall”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
防	火	壁

Noun

防火壁 • (banghwabyeok) (hangeul 방화벽)

hanja form^? of 방화벽 (“firewall”)