迦具土

Japanese
Kanji in this term
迦 具 土
か
Jinmeiyō		 ぐ
Grade: 3		 つち
Grade: 1
kan’on goon kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally an Old Japanese compound of かぐ (kagu, obsolete verb root meaning “to shine, to sparkle”, seen in modern verbs 耀う kagayou, 輝く kagayaku “to shine, to sparkle”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ ち (chi, “power, life force”, found as root component in terms 命 inochi “life”, 力 chikara “power, strength”).[1] The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

迦具土 (hiragana かぐつち, katakana カグツチ, rōmaji Kagutsuchi)

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Kagutsuchi, the Japanese fire god

Synonyms
  • 軻遇突智神 (かぐつちのかみ) (Kagutsuchi no kami), 迦具土神 (かぐつちのかみ) (Kagutsuchi no kami)
  • 火之迦具土 (ひのかぐつち) (Hinokagutsuchi)
  • 火之夜藝速 (ひのやぎはやお) (Hinoyagihayao)
  • 火之炫毘古 (ひのかかびこ) (Hinokakabiko)
  • 火産霊 (ほむすび) (Homusubi)
  • 火 (か)神 (じん) (Kajin)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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