火狐

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
fox
trad. (火狐) 火 狐
simp. #(火狐) 火 狐

Pronunciation


Noun

火狐

  1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
  2. red panda (Classifier: 隻/只 m)

Synonyms

Proper noun

火狐

  1. Firefox

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 狐
ひ
Grade: 1
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”), calque of English Firefox. The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çiɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Proper noun

火(ひ)狐(ぎつね) • (Higitsune) 

  1. (Internet slang) Firefox (web browser)

Synonyms

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