花火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	火
はな Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) and 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はなび [háꜜnàbì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠bʲi]

Noun

花(はな)火(び) • (hanabi)

fireworks

Derived terms

線香花火(せんこうはなび) (senkōhanabi)
花火師(はなびし) (hanabishi) firework staff
花火大会(はなびたいかい) (hanabitaikai)

Related terms

火花(ひばな) (hibana)

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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