狼煙

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See also: 狼烟

Chinese

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wolf cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (狼煙)
simp. (狼烟)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (34)
Final () (101) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter lang 'en
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑŋ/ /ʔen/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑŋ/ /ʔen/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑŋ/ /ʔɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/laŋ/ /ʔɛn/
Li
Rong
/lɑŋ/ /ʔen/
Wang
Li
/lɑŋ/ /ien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑŋ/ /ʔien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láng yān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
long4 jin1

Noun

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狼煙

  1. smoke from the wolf dung burnt to signal warfare; fire beacon; smoke signal
  2. (figurative) war; flames of war

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
のろし
Jinmeiyō Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
狼烟
烽火

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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狼煙(のろし) (noroshi

  1. smoke signal, skyrocket, signal fire, beacon

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ろう
Jinmeiyō
えん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Learned borrowing from Chinese 狼煙狼烟 (lángyān)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ろう)(えん) (rōen

  1. signal fire, beacon
Usage notes
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN