火鼠
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- a fire-rat: an imaginary creature of ancient China resembling a white rat, thought to live in the volcanoes of the South China Sea and to have fireproof fur
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 火 (fire, w) + Japanese 鼠 (mouse, rat).
Origin
Japanese
鼠
Gloss
mouse, rat
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鼠
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- continuative or stem form of verb ja-l Japanese
- ヒトカゲ Japanese
- 不知火 Japanese
- 住み Japanese
- 住む sumu, “to live in a place, to reside” Japanese
- 地鼠 Japanese
- 天竺鼠 Japanese
- 尖鼠 Japanese
- 旅鼠 Japanese
- 根 Japanese
- 檜 Japanese
- 火 Japanese
- 火の鳥 Japanese
- 火加減 Japanese
- 火口 Japanese
- 火影 Japanese
- 火神 Japanese
- 火花 Japanese
- 火鉢 Japanese
- 火食い鳥 Japanese
- 炎 Japanese
- 炭火 Japanese
- 焰 Japanese
- 燹 Japanese
- 狐火 Japanese
- 畑鼠 Japanese
- 砂鼠 Japanese
- 篝火 Japanese
- 絹毛鼠 Japanese
- 荒地鼠 Japanese
- 葦火 Japanese
- 蛍火 Japanese
- 谷地鼠 Japanese
- 赤鼠 Japanese
- 連用形 Japanese
- 野火 Japanese
- 陽炎 Japanese
- 鬼火 Japanese
- 鼠 Japanese
- 鼠海豚 Japanese
- 鼠色 Japanese
- 鼠鮫 Japanese
- *poy Proto-Japonic