軻遇突智

Reading

Kana: かぐつち

Romaji: kagutsuchi

Definition

noun

1

Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

See also: 迦具土神

Kanji

軻

Reading: カ

Meaning: difficult progress

遇

Readings: グウ、 あ.う

Meanings: meet, encounter, interview, treat, entertain, receive, deal with

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

智

Reading: チ

Meanings: wisdom, intellect, reason