放火

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Verb

放⫽火 (verb-object)

  1. (intransitive) to set on fire, specifically to commit arson

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (放火):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 방화(放火) (banghwa)
  • → Vietnamese: phóng hoả (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese
Kanji in this term
放 火
ほう
Grade: 3		 か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 放火 (MC pjangH xwaX, “let loose” + “fire”). Compare modern Chinese 放火 (fànghuǒ).

Pronunciation

Noun

放(ほう)火(か) • (hōka) ←はうくわ (faukwa)?

  1. arson, setting fire to something

Derived terms

Verb

放(ほう)火(か)する • (hōka suru) ←はうくわ (faukwa)?intransitive suru (stem 放(ほう)火(か)し (hōka shi), past 放(ほう)火(か)した (hōka shita))

  1. to set fire to something

Conjugation
Conjugation of "放火する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 放火し ほうかし hōka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 放火し ほうかし hōka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 放火する ほうかする hōka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 放火する ほうかする hōka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 放火すれ ほうかすれ hōka sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 放火せよ¹
放火しろ²		 ほうかせよ¹
ほうかしろ²		 hōka seyo¹
hōka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 放火される ほうかされる hōka sareru
Causative 放火させる
放火さす		 ほうかさせる
ほうかさす		 hōka saseru
hōka sasu
Potential 放火できる ほうかできる hōka dekiru
Volitional 放火しよう ほうかしよう hōka shiyō
Negative 放火しない ほうかしない hōka shinai
Negative continuative 放火せず ほうかせず hōka sezu
Formal 放火します ほうかします hōka shimasu
Perfective 放火した ほうかした hōka shita
Conjunctive 放火して ほうかして hōka shite
Hypothetical conditional 放火すれば ほうかすれば hōka sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
放火

Noun

放火 • (banghwa) (hangeul 방화)

  1. Hanja form? of 방화 (“arson”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
放火

Verb

放火

  1. chữ Hán form of phóng hoả (“to set fire”).
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