火神

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (火神)		火	神
simp. #(火神)		火	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-sîn / hé-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshén
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-shên²
    • Yale: hwǒ-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshern
    • Palladius: хошэнь (xošɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² san⁴
    • Yale: fó sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: hué-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsiin
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: hé-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefsiin
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

Noun

火神

1. god of fire

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火神):

• → Japanese: 火神(かじん) (kajin)
• → Korean: 화신(火神) (hwasin)
• → Vietnamese: hoả thần (火神)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	神
か Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
火神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 火神 (MC xwaX zyin, literally “fire + god”).

First attested in 1103 in the 中右記 (Chūyū-ki), a diary spanning some 50 years of life in the imperial court.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

火(か)神(じん) • (kajin) ^{←くわじん (kwazin)?}

1. [from 1103] (mythology, Shinto, possibly archaic) a god of fire, another name for Kagutsuchi