嚆矢

Chinese

		sound; noise	arrow; dart
trad. (嚆矢)		嚆	矢
simp. #(嚆矢)		嚆	矢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāoshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠ ㄕˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāoshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: haoshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hao¹-shih³
    • Yale: hāu-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haushyy
    • Palladius: хаоши (xaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

嚆矢

(literary)

1. whistling arrow
2. (figuratively) beginning; start;
3. (figuratively) harbinger; herald

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嚆	矢
こう Hyōgai	し Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

Noun

嚆(こう)矢(し) • (kōshi) ^{←かうし (kausi)?}

1. arrow that whistled when fired
2. (by extension) beginning, genesis, origin

Synonyms

• (arrow): 鏑矢(かぶらや) (kaburaya)
• (beginning): 発端(ほったん) (hottan), 起源(きげん) (kigen)