スイ, ひうち, ひきり, のろし

signal fire

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

Abbreviated form# of 邃 (follow a hole or underground passage) + fire → *signal fire* sent from or observed by a tower reached via an underground passage (compare 隧) → *make a fire*; *make a fire with flint and steel*.

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