業火
See also: 业火
Chinese
business; occupation; study | fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
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trad. (業火) | 業 | 火 | |
simp. (业火) | 业 | 火 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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業 | 火 |
ごう Grade: 3 |
か Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
/ɡapukwa/ → /ɡafukwa/ → /ɡawukwa/ → /ɡaukwa/ → /ɡɔːkwa/ → /ɡoːkwa/ → /ɡoːka/
From Middle Chinese compound 業火 (MC ŋɨɐp̚ huɑX, literally “karmic fire”). Compare modern Mandarin 業火.
Buddhist term, imported into Japanese when Buddhism was introduced to Japan, some time during the Kofun, Asuka, and Nara periods.
See also
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
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