神巫

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	witch; Malay
simp. and trad. (神巫)		神	巫
anagram		巫神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shénwū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ mou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-bû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shénwu
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-wu¹
  - Yale: shén-wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernu
  - Palladius: шэньу (šɛnʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ mou⁴
  - Yale: sàhn mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-bû
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-bû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinbuu
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴/

Noun

神巫

wizard; sorcerer; shaman; anyone who has supernatural powers

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	巫
み Grade: 3	みこ > こ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
神巫 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 神巫 – see the following entry.

【巫女みこ】

[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

[noun] an unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles

Alternative spellings
神子, 覡, 巫

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

Usage notes

The spelling 神巫 is quite rare. The term miko is most commonly spelled as 巫女 in modern Japanese, and less commonly as 神子.

References

“〈神^▲巫〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026