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焼毀 (しょうき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

焼しょう毀き

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

destruction by fire; burning down

rare term

Rare formal term for complete destruction by fire; in modern Japanese, 焼失 or 全焼 are far more common.

古こ文ぶん書しょには「城しろを焼しょう毀きす」と記しるされている。
In old documents it is written 'to destroy the castle by fire'.

裁さい判ばん記き録ろくで「証しょう拠こ書しょ類るい焼しょう毀きの罪つみ」という表ひょう現げんを見みた。

I saw the phrase 'crime of destroying evidence documents by fire' in court records.

Kanji

焼bake, burning
毀break, destroy, censure

Similar words

焼しょう失しつ
Common modern word for 'being destroyed by fire'; 焼毀 is a rare, more formal synonym.
全ぜん焼しょう
Means 'completely burned down'; used for buildings, while 焼毀 is broader and rarer.

Etymology

Compound of 焼 (burn) and 毀 (destroy, break). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with destruction by fire.