火山

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (火山)		火	山
anagram		山火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huǒshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): хуәсан (huəsan, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-sân
• Min Bei (KCR): hǒ-súing
• Min Dong (BUC): huōi-săng
• Min Nan (POJ): hé-soaⁿ / hér-soaⁿ / hóe-soaⁿ
• Wu (Wiktionary): hu se (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huǒshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuoshan
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: хуәсан (huəsan, II-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /xuɤ⁵¹ sæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² saan¹
    • Yale: fó sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² san¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ säːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo` san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ san¹
    • IPA: /fo³¹ san²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǒ-súing
    • IPA ^(key): /xo²¹ suiŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huōi-săng
    • IPA ^(key): /huoi³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)laŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hé-suann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefsvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hér-suann
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hué-suann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsvoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hu se (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /hv̩ʷ³³ se̞⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /huɑ^X  ʃˠɛn/▼

Rime
Character	火	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	呼果切	所閒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑX/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/huɑX/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑX/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaX/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/xuɑX/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/xuɑX/	/ʃæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑX/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǒ	shān

Noun

火山

1. volcano (Classifier: 座)

Derived terms

• 休火山 (xiūhuǒshān)
• 休眠火山 (xiūmián huǒshān)
• 死火山 (sǐhuǒshān)
• 活火山 (huóhuǒshān)
• 火山口 (huǒshānkǒu)

• 火山地震 (huǒshān dìzhèn)
• 火山學／火山学 (huǒshānxué)
• 火山岩 (huǒshānyán)
• 火山灰 (huǒshānhuī)
• 火山豆 (huǒshāndòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火山):

• → Japanese: 火 (か)山 (ざん) (kazan)
• → Korean: 화산 (火山, hwasan)
• → Vietnamese: hoả sơn (火山)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	山
か Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 火山 (literally “flaming mountain”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か​ざん [káꜜzàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠zã̠ɴ]

Noun

火山 (hiragana かざん, rōmaji kazan)

1. a volcano
   • 1999 February 4, “火か炎えん草そう [Fire Grass]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

     火 (か)山 (ざん)の近 (ちか)くに生 (せい)息 (そく)する草 (くさ)。花 (はな)から火 (か)炎 (えん)を吹 (ふ)き攻 (こう)撃 (げき)する。

     Kazan no chikaku ni seisoku suru kusa. Hana kara kaen o fuki kōgeki suru.

     A grass that grows near volcanoes. It breathes fire from its flowers.

Derived terms

• 活 (かっ)火 (か)山 (ざん) (kakkazan, “active volcano”)
• 休 (きゅう)火 (か)山 (ざん) (kyūkazan)
• 死 (し)火 (か)山 (ざん) (shikazan)
• 風 (ふう)林 (りん)火 (か)山 (ざん) (fūrinkazan)
• 火 (か)山 (ざん)岩 (がん) (kazangan)
• 火 (か)山 (ざん)島 (とう) (kazantō)
• 火山灰 (かざんばい) (kazanbai)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
火	山

Noun

火山 • (hwasan) (hangeul 화산)

1. Hanja form^? of 화산 (“volcano”).