火薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 薬
か
Grade: 1 		やく
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
火藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 火藥 (MC xwaX yak).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かやく [kàyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

火(か)薬(やく) • (kayaku) ←くわやく (kwayaku)?

  1. gunpowder

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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