巫女
Chinese
witch; Malay | female; woman; daughter | ||
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trad. (巫女) | 巫 | 女 | |
simp. #(巫女) | 巫 | 女 | |
anagram | 女巫 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄋㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wunyǔ
- Wade–Giles: wu1-nü3
- Yale: wū-nyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uneu
- Palladius: унюй (unjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 neoi5
- Yale: mòuh néuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 noey5
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 nêu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ nɵy̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 巫女
Japanese
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Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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巫 | 女 |
Jinmeiyō | Grade: 1 |
irregular |
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神 (mi, “spirit, god”) + 子 (ko, “child”), as suggested by the alternative spelling 神子.
Formerly spelled as 巫 on its own.[1] The modern kanji spelling 巫女 appears to be jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities. A shrine maid.
- An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles.
- 2017 April 15, “[星](せい)[杯](はい)を[戴](いただ)く[巫](み)[女](こ) [Priestess Who Drinks from the Star Chalice]”, in [Code of the Duelist](コード・オブ・ザ・デュエリスト), Konami:
- 星神に鎮魂の祈りを捧げる巫女。
- Seishin ni chinkon no inori o sasageru miko.
- A priestess who offers soul-reposing prayers to the Star God.
- 星神に鎮魂の祈りを捧げる巫女。
Usage notes
Using the alternate spelling 神子, a miko could be of either gender, but unmarried young women are by far the most common.
Synonyms
- (shrine dancer):
- (oracle):
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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巫 | 女 |
ふ Jinmeiyō |
じょ Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 巫女 (mju? nrjoX, literally “shaman + woman”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin reading wūnǚ.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Synonyms
References
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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