葦火

See also: 苇火

Chinese

		reed; rush; Phragmites communis	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (葦火)		葦	火
simp. (苇火)		苇	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěihuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěihuǒ [Phonetic: wéihuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-huo³
    • Yale: wěi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeihuoo
    • Palladius: вэйхо (vɛjxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁵ fo²
    • Yale: wáih fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 葦火

1. reed fire

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
葦	火
あし Jinmeiyō	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨asi pi₂⟩ → */asipʷɨ/ → /aɕibi/

From Old Japanese, a compound of 葦 (ashi, “reed”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”).

The hi shifted to bi later in Middle Japanese, an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

葦(あし)火(び) • (ashibi) 

1. a bonfire of dried reeds

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Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of 葦 (asi, “reed”) +‎ 火 (pi₂, “fire”).

Noun

葦火 (asipi₂) (kana あしひ)

1. a bonfire of dried reeds
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2651:
     , text here

     難波人葦火燎屋之酢四手雖有己妻許増常目頬次吉

     Nanipa-pi₁to₂ asipi₂ taku ya no₂ susite aredo₂ ono₂ga tuma ko₂so₂ tune medurasiki₁

     Like Naniwa folk sooty from the smoke of reeds burned in the hearth―that's that woman of mine! But still she catches my eye.

Descendants

• Japanese: 葦火 (あしび, ashibi)

Etymology 2

Compound of 葦 (asi, “reed”) +‎ 火 (pu, “fire”, Eastern Old Japanese form of pi₂ above).

Noun

葦火 (asipu) (kana あしふ)

1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a bonfire of dried reeds
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4419:
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     伊波呂尓波安之布多氣騰母須美与氣乎都久之尓伊多里弖古布志氣毛波母

     iparo₂ ni pa asipu take₂do₂mo sumi₁ yo₂ke₂ wo Tukusi ni itarite ko₁pusike₂ mo pa mo

     I may be cooking over a reed fire in my house, but I live well. Still, since arriving in Tsukushi, I cannot help but have loving thoughts of home.