火矢
also: かせん
ひ
や
Meanings
1
fire arrow; incendiary arrow
Historical weapon: an arrow with a burning tip or attached flammable material, used in pre-modern warfare.
Fire arrows were used in battles during the Warring States period.
2
Rare historical or literary use for an early rocket-like device, often in pre-modern Chinese or Japanese contexts.
The rocket was a tube packed with gunpowder attached to an arrow.