鬼門

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See also: 鬼门

Chinese

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ghost; sly; crafty
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
trad. (鬼門)
simp. (鬼门)
anagram 門鬼门鬼

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鬼門

  1. demon gate; gateway through which the ghost comes and goes

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
もん
Grade: 2
on'yomi goon
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Etymology

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Literally "demon gate". Derives from Chinese texts and the belief system of 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō), wherein the northeast is considered to be the direction in which negative energy concentrates and demons come and go.[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited in Japanese to the early 1200s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(もん) (kimon

  1. [from early 1200s] the north-eastern direction
    Synonyms: 鬼方 (kihō, specific to Onmyōdō contexts), (ushitora, specific to Onmyōdō contexts), 北東 (hokutō, "northeast" in general)
  2. [from 1675] a weak point, an undesirable place or thing or person
    Synonym: 苦手 (nigate)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 鬼門”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 鬼門”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  3. ^ 鬼門”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN