切支丹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切	支	丹
キ(リ) Grade: 2 (ateji)	シ Grade: 5 (ateji)	タン Grade: S (ateji)
kun'yomi	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 切支丹 – see the following entry.

【キリシタン】 [proper noun] early Japanese Christianity, from the Muromachi period Alternative spellings 吉利支丹, 切死丹, 鬼理死丹, 鬼利死丹

(This term, 切支丹, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “切支丹”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026