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): [ka̠ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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