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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-sîn / hé-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: hué-sîn / hé-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsiin, hefsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/, /he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin¹³/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/, /he⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	神
か Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
火神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

火 +‎ 神

Noun

火(か)神(じん) • (kajin) 

1. (mythology, Shinto) the god of fire, another name for Kagutsuchi.

See also

• 迦具土(かぐつち) (Kagutsuchi): Shintō god of fire and the forge
• 天神(てんじん) (Tenjin): the gods of the heavens
• 風神(ふうじん) (Fūjin): the god of the wind
• 雷神(らいじん) (Raijin): the god of thunder
• 土神(どじん) (Dojin): the god of the land or soil
• 水神(すいじん) (Suijin): the god of water