神人

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Chinese[edit]

 
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(神人)
anagram 人神

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (27) (38)
Final () (43) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zyin nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiɪn/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑin/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjen/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑin/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiĕn/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭĕn/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shén rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san4 jan4

Noun[edit]

神人

  1. (literary) god; deity; spiritual being; immortal
  2. (literary) gods and humans
  3. (literary) man of great talent

See also[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
神人 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 神人 (MC zyin nyin). The 呉音 (goon) reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Replaced by the jinin reading.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(じん)(にん) (jinnin

  1. (archaic) a low-ranking position at a shrine, helping to conduct the yearly ceremonies and patrolling the grounds, among other responsibilities

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
irregular goon
Alternative spelling
神人 (kyūjitai)

/d͡ʑinnin//d͡ʑinin/

Change in pronunciation from jinnin. Now the more common reading.[2][1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(にん) (jinin

  1. from the Heian period through the Muromachi period, a low-ranking position at a shrine, helping to conduct the yearly ceremonies and patrolling the grounds, among other responsibilities
    In the late Heian period, the jinin position was useful for the protection offered by shrine authority, and mass demonstrations were held to press for various governmental changes, much as were held by Buddhist monks. Starting from the Kamakura period, lay people such as merchants or performers would subordinate to a shrine as jinin for purposes of exemption from various taxes or corvee labor requirements.[1][2]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
じん
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
神人 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 神人 (MC zyin nyin). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(しん)(じん) (shinjin

  1. gods and humans
  2. a person of god-like nobility
  3. a person with mystical or god-like power
  4. (shinto) alternate for jinin above: a low-ranking position at a shrine, helping to conduct the yearly ceremonies and patrolling the grounds, among other responsibilities
Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(しん)(じん) (Shinjin

  1. (Christianity) Jesus, Jesus Christ

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
かみ
Grade: 3
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
神人 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (kami, god, spirit) +‎ (hito, person).[2] The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(かみ)(びと) (kamibito

  1. (archaic, Shinto) a priest
    • c. 10011014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Wakana, part 2) (text here):
      神人(かみびと)()()りもたる榊葉(さかきば)に / 木綿(ゆふ)かけ()ふる(ふか)()(しも)
      kamibito no te ni torimotaru sakakiba ni / yufu kake sofuru fukaki yo no shimo
      the deep night's frost accompanies the ceremonial ties / on the sakaki leaves held in the hands of the priests

Etymology 5[edit]

Kanji in this term
かみ(ん)
Grade: 3
ちゅ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
神人 (kyūjitai)

From Okinawan 神人,[1] in turn from (kami, god, spirit) +‎ (n, possessive particle, reduced form of (nu)) +‎ (tchu, person).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕɨᵝ]

Noun[edit]

(かみん)(ちゅ) (kaminchu

  1. (Okinawa, Shinto) Synonym of 巫女 (miko, shrine maiden)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN