風神

See also: 风神

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (風神)		風	神
simp. (风神)		风	神
anagram		神風／神风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-sîn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fon-zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongshén
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shên²
    • Yale: fēng-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshern
    • Palladius: фэншэнь (fɛnšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 封神 風神／风神

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹ san⁴
    • Yale: fūng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 封臣 風神／风神

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung´ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: hong-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fon-zen
    • MiniDict: fon^平 zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fon-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foŋ⁵⁵ zən²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 風神

1. god of wind
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 豐神／丰神 (fēngshén, “bearing; manner; demeanour”).
3. (Southern Min) braggart

Verb

風神

1. (Southern Min) to brag, to talk big; to boast

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (風神):

• → Japanese: 風神(ふうじん) (fūjin)
• → Korean: 풍신(風神) (pungsin)
• → Vietnamese: phong thần (風神)

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Japanese

The Japanese wind god Fūjin, Sōtatsu, 17th century.

Kanji in this term
風	神
ふう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
風神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 風神 (MC pjuwng zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 風神／风神 (fēngshén).

Proper noun

風(ふう)神(じん) • (Fūjin) 

1. (mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of the wind

See also

• 迦(か)具(ぐつ)土(ち) (Kagutsuchi): Shintō god of the forge
• 天(てん)神(じん) (Tenjin): the gods of the heavens
• 雷(らい)神(じん) (Raijin): the god of thunder
• 土(ど)神(じん) (Dojin): the god of the land or soil
• 水(すい)神(じん) (Suijin): the god of water
• 火(か)神(じん) (Kajin): the god of fire

Anagrams

• 神風