Where does “火災報知機” come from?
火災報知機 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 機, from Japanese こうべうち, from Japanese 打ち, from Japanese 打つ, from Japanese うつ — 打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...
火災報知機 (Japanese): fire alarm device
Definitions
- fire alarm device
Ancestry of “火災報知機”, step by step
火災報知機 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 機
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 機 | a machine, a device; a contraption; a loom; an... |
| 2 | Japanese | こうべうち | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 打ち | adds emphasis to verbs |
| 4 | Japanese | 打つ | to hit, to beat, to strike; to hit; to type |
| 5 | Japanese | うつ | 打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,... |
via Japanese 火災
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 火災 | fire, conflagration; one of the three major... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 火災 | — |
via Japanese 報知
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 報知 | information, news, intelligence; to inform |