嚆矢

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hāoshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠㄕˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hāoshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠㄕˇ
  - 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)

whistling arrow
(figuratively) beginning; start;
(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)^?}

arrow that whistled when fired
(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)