巫

Translingual

Han character

巫 (radical 48 工+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人人 (MOO), four-corner 1010₈, composition ⿻工从)

1. a shaman, witch, sorcerer, wizard
2. a (witch) doctor
3. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 325, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8728
• Dae Jaweon: page 629, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 412, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5DEB
• Notes:

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		巫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: wu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴
    • Yale: mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû
    • Tâi-lô: bû
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (巫, reconstructed)
Character (巫), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 武夫切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɨo/	/mi̯u/	/mio/	/mio/	/muə̆/	/mĭu/	/mio/

Old Chinese pronunciation (巫, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
巫								wū								‹ mju ›								/*C.m(r)[o]/								magician
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
巫					13062					巫					魚					0					無					/*ma/

Compounds

• 巫術 / 巫术 (wūshù): shamanism; witchcraft; sorcery
• 巫師 / 巫师 (wūshī): A sorcerer
• 巫醫 / 巫医 (wūyī): witch doctor
• 巫山 (Wūshān): Wushan
• 巫婆 (wūpó): A witch; sorceress
• 巫毒教 (wūdújiào): voodoo

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

巫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. shaman
2. witch, sorcerer

Readings

• Goon: む (mu)
• Kan’on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan’yōon: ふ (fu)
• Kun: みこ (miko), かんなぎ (kannagi)

Compounds

Compounds

巫医 (ふい) (fui): a shrine maiden and a doctor; someone who is both a shrine maiden and a doctor 巫山 (ふざん) (Fuzan): Wushan, the Wu Mountains, a mountainous area in China along the Wu Gorge 巫術 (ふじゅつ) (fujutsu): shamanism; witchcraft, sorcery 巫女 (みこ) (miko): a shrine maiden

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Korean

Hanja

巫 (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巫 (vu)

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