See also: 业火

Chinese

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business; occupation; study
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
trad. (業火)
simp. (业火)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (32)
Final () (147) (95)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter ngjaep xwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨɐp̚/ /huɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɐp̚/ /huɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɐp̚/ /xuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨap̚/ /hwaX/
Li
Rong
/ŋiap̚/ /xuɑX/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭɐp̚/ /xuɑX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ɐp̚/ /xuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jip6 fo2

Noun

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業火

  1. (Buddhism) hellfire

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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/ɡapukwa//ɡafukwa//ɡawukwa//ɡaukwa//ɡɔːkwa//ɡoːkwa//ɡoːka/

From Middle Chinese compound 業火 (MC ngjaep xwaX, literally “karmic fire”). Compare modern Mandarin 業火业火 (yèhuǒ).

Buddhist term, imported into Japanese when Buddhism was introduced to Japan, some time during the Kofun, Asuka, and Nara periods.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ごう)() (gōkaがふくわ (gafukwa)?

  1. (Buddhism) hellfire

Antonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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