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にち【熱】 : nichi | define meaning
nichi
Pronunciation: [nit͡ɕi]
Definition
Noun
- Heat; hot; high temperature
- (Health) Fever; high temperature; hot
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ねつ【熱】 netsu "heat; fever". Ultimately from Chinese 【熱・热】 "hot, heat, high temperature, fever" (cf. Mandarin rè; Cantonese jit6 and nget5; Gan let6; Hakka ngie̍t, ngia̍t and ngiad6; Jin rah4; Min Bei iě; Min Dong iĕk; Hokkien lia̍t; Teochew riêg8, riag8 and ruah8; Wu nyiq; Xiang ye6; Sino-Korean deoul and yeol; Sino-Vietnamese nhiệt, nhét and nhẹt), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *nyet.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 熱 |
| Kana | にち |
| Romanization | nichi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [nit͡ɕi] |
意味：ねつ【熱】
Categories:
熱
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, September 14). にち【熱】 : nichi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7604/nichi/.