くじ

See also: くし

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
籤 鬮

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ʑi]
• (Tokyo) くじ [kúꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

くじ • (kuji) 

1. lot; sweepstakes

Derived terms

• 阿弥陀籤(あみだくじ) (amidakuji)
• くじを引(ひ)く (kuji o hiku): to draw lots
• 御(み)籤(くじ) (mikuji): o-mikuji
• 宝(たから)くじ (takarakuji): lottery
• 富籤(とみくじ) (tomikuji)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of くじ – see the following entries.

【九時】 [noun] nine o'clock Alternative spelling 9時

【孔子こうし】 [proper noun] Confucius

【公事】 [noun] This term needs a translation to English.

【久慈】 [proper noun] Kuji (a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

【九字】 [noun] "the 9 characters," a talismanic phrase of protection: 臨兵闘者皆陣列在前 (or its variants)

(This term, くじ (kuji), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as くじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くじ.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 旧事, 旧辞.)