覡

See also: 觋

Translingual

Han character

覡 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一人月山山 (MOBUU), four-corner 1611₀, composition ⿰巫見)

1. wizard

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1135, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34875
• Dae Jaweon: page 1602, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3668, character 17
• Unihan data for U+89A1

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Chinese

trad.		覡
simp.		觋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xí (xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hat⁶
    • Yale: haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hek

Rime
Character	覡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡狄切
Baxter	hek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣek̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覡
Reading #	1/1
No.	13398
Phonetic component	覡
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檄
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːɡ/
Notes	或雲見亦聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 覡

1. male shaman; wizard

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Japanese

Kanji

覡

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. medium, diviner

Readings

• Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
• Kun: かんなぎ (kannagi, 覡); こうなぎ (kōnagi, 覡); みこ (miko, 覡)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
覡
かんなぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

/kamunaɡi/ → /kaɴnaɡi/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神 (kamu, “god, spirit”) +‎ 和ぎ (nagi, “calming, calming down”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 和ぐ (nagu, “to become calm, to become quiet”).

Alternative forms

• 巫

Noun

覡(かんなぎ) • (kannagi) 

1. (archaic) a medium or shaman, usually female, who acts as a medium between humans and the spirits or gods, helping to communicate between the two and to calm any supernatural or spiritual upset

   Synonyms: 巫女 (miko), 神子 (miko), 神子 (kanko)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
覡
こうなぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

/kamunaɡi/ → /kaũnaɡi/ → /kaunaɡi/ → /kɔːnaɡi/ → /koːnaɡi/

Shift in pronunciation of the 神 (kamu) element, similar to the pattern seen in terms such as 神戸 (“Kōbe”).

Alternative forms

• 巫

Noun

覡(こうなぎ) • (kōnagi) ^{←かうなぎ (kaunagi)?}

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a medium or shaman, usually female, who acts as a medium between humans and the spirits or gods, helping to communicate between the two and to calm any supernatural or spiritual upset

   Synonyms: 巫女 (miko), 神子 (miko), 神子 (kanko)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
覡
みこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Less-common ateji for 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”).

Alternative forms

• 巫女, 神子

Noun

覡(みこ) • (miko) 

1. a shrine maiden: see 巫女

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Korean

Hanja

覡 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격, revised gyeok, McCune–Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek)

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