武士
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Chinese[edit]
| martial; military | scholar; warrior; knight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (武士) |
武 | 士 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
武士
- warrior; fighter
- soldier
- (historical) member of a powerful military caste (in medieval Europe or Japan); samurai
- (historical) palace guard
Synonyms[edit]
- (warrior):
- (soldier):
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 武 | 士 |
| ぶ Grade: 5 |
し Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | |
From 伏 (bushi), found in terms such as 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain hermit”) and 野伏 (nobushi, “hermit; brigand”). Fushi is the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 伏す (fusu, “to bow down, to prostrate”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
The kanji are ateji (当て字), first coined by Shinobu Orikuchi. However, 武士 itself is first attested in the Nara period.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
武士 (hiragana ぶし, rōmaji bushi)
- a person who serves a lord or a master
- samurai
- 武士は食わねど高楊枝
- bushi wa kuwanedo takayōji
- a samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord
- 武士は食わねど高楊枝
- warrior
- samurai
Derived terms[edit]
Proverbs[edit]
- 武士に二言なし (bushi ni nigon nashi)
- 武士は相身互い (bushi wa aimitagai)
- 花は桜木人は武士 (hana wa sakuragi hito wa bushi)
Proper noun[edit]
武士 (hiragana ぶし, rōmaji Bushi)
- a place name
- a surname.
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 武 | 士 |
| Grade: 5 | Grade: 4 |
| Irregular | |
/mo2no2no2be1/ → */mo2no2no2bu/ → */mo2no2no2pu/ → /mononopu/ → /mononofu/
From Old Japanese.
From the 物部氏 (Mononobe-uji, “Mononobe clan”), by re-interpretation of the kun-reading of 部 (be) to the kanyōon reading of fu. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
武士 (hiragana もののふ, rōmaji mononofu)
- a person who serves a lord or a master
- (historical) an official who served in the upper court in the pre-Heian period (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Derived terms[edit]
- 武士の道 (mononofu no michi)
See also[edit]
- 物部 (Mononobe)
Etymology 3[edit]
Various nanori readings.
Proper noun[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 武 | 士 |
| たけ Grade: 5 |
し Grade: 4 |
武士 (hiragana たけし, rōmaji Takeshi)
- a place name
- a surname.
- a male given name (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
武士 (hiragana たけひと, rōmaji Takehito)
- a male given name (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 武 | 士 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
| Hán tự in this word | |
|---|---|
| 武 | 士 |
Noun[edit]
武士
Derived terms[edit]
- Cantonese terms with homophones
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Min Nan lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Min Nan nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms with historical senses
- zh:Military
- zh:Occupations
- zh:People
- zh:Japan
- Japanese terms spelled with 武 read as ぶ
- Japanese terms spelled with 士 read as し
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese surnames
- Japanese terms spelled with 武
- Japanese terms spelled with 士
- Japanese terms with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese terms with historical senses
- Japanese terms spelled with 武 read as たけ
- Japanese given names
- Japanese male given names
- Korean lemmas
- Korean nouns
- Korean Han characters
- Korean nouns in Han script
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese nouns in Han script
- Vietnamese Han tu
