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火山
火山
Chinese
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
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mountain; hill | ||
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simp. and trad. (火山) |
火 | 山 | |
anagram | 山火 |
Noun
火山
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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火 | 山 |
か Grade: 1 |
さん > ざん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 火山 (xwaX srɛn)
火 (“fire”) + 山 (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
火山 (hiragana かざん, romaji kazan)
- volcano, literally "fire mountain".
Derived terms
- 活火山 (kakkazan): active volcano
- 休火山 (kyūkazan)
- 死火山 (shikazan)
- 風林火山 (fūrinkazan)
- 火山岩 (kazangan)
- 火山島 (kazantō)
- 火山灰 (kazanbai)
References
- ↑ 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