also: かせん
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.
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.
ancient cannon; early Japanese cannon
Standard kanji spelling for the reading ひや.
Alternate kanji spelling; also read かせん.
Rare reading of the alternate kanji form.
A native compound of 火「ひ」and 矢「や」, literally “fire arrow.” The reading ひや preserves the initial sound of 矢 without voicing.