卑弥呼

See also: 卑彌呼

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 卑弥呼 – see 卑彌呼 (“Himiko, a semi-legendary queen of Yamatai in ancient Japan”). (This term is the simplified form of 卑彌呼).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Alternative spelling
卑彌呼 (kyūjitai)

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卑弥呼

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Himiko

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First attested in the 三國志 / 三国志 (Sānguó Zhì, “Records of the Three Kingdoms”), particularly in the 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 / 乌丸鲜卑东夷传 (Wūwán Xiānbēi Dōngyí Zhuàn, “Records of Wuhuan, Xianbei and Eastern Barbarians”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

From Classical Chinese 卑彌呼 (OC *pie mie hɑ) in Later Han pronunciation,^[7] the original pronunciation remains uncertain.

卑(ひ)弥(み)呼(こ) • (Himiko)

^ Records of the Three Kingdoms, vol. 30.
^ “卑弥呼”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “卑弥呼”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
^ “卑弥呼”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
^ Schuessler, Axel. (2009) Minimal Old Chinese and Later Han Chinese. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 127, 125, 49.