飛ぶ火

Japanese
Kanji in this term
飛 火
と
Grade: 4		 ひ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
烽

Etymology

From 飛(と)ぶ (tobu, “flying”) + 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) とぶひ [tòbúhí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞bɯ̟ᵝçi]

Noun

飛(と)ぶ火(ひ) • (tobuhi) 

  1. (historical) signal fire or beacon, used in ancient times to warn of the approach of an enemy

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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