鬼火

Chinese
ghost fire
trad. (鬼火) 鬼 火
simp. #(鬼火) 鬼 火

Pronunciation

Noun

鬼火

  1. will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus (Classifier: 團／团 m)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 磷火 (“will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鬼火
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 磷火, 鬼火
Mandarin Beijing 鬼火兒
Taiwan 磷火, 鬼火
Luoyang 鬼燈籠兒
Cantonese Hong Kong 鬼火
Gan Nanchang 鬼火
Lichuan 鬼打燈, 鬼火
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鬼火
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鬼火
Huizhou Jixi 鬼火
Jin Taiyuan 鬼火
Southern Min Xiamen 鬼仔火, 鬼火
Wu Danyang 鬼火
Jinhua 鬼燈

Compounds

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鬼 火
おに
Grade: S		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
鬼火 (onibi): a 1712 illustration of a will o' the wisp.

Etymology

Compound of 鬼 (oni, “ghost, devil”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”).[1][2][3][4] The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

鬼(おに)火(び) • (onibi) 

  1. a will o' the wisp
    Synonyms: 狐火 (kitsunebi), 陰火 (inka), 幽霊火 (yūreibi), 野火 (yaka)

Proper noun

鬼(おに)火(び) • (Onibi) 

  1. short for 鬼火焚 (Onibitaki), a fire matsuri (Japanese festival) held around Kyūshū on 7 (in some places, 14) January

Synonyms
  • (January fire festivals, not just in Kyūshū):
  • (fire festival in general): 火祭(ひまつ)り (himatsuri)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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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