狼煙
See also: 狼烟
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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狼 | 煙 |
のろし | |
Jinmeiyō | Grade: S |
jukujikun |
Alternative spellings |
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狼烟 烽火 |
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The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 狼煙/狼烟 (lángyān, literally “wolf smoke”), supposedly derived from the use in China of wolves' droppings in signal fires.
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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