"巫" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. shaman Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji
    Sense id: en-巫-ja-character-5lb2zRyu
  2. witch, sorcerer Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji
    Sense id: en-巫-ja-character--E-DpuzE Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations, Kanji used for names Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 34 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 34 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 8 37 28 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 31 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Kanji used for names: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 県巫 (agatamiko) (ruby: (あがた), (みこ)), 巫子 (ichiko) (ruby: 巫子(いちこ)), 大御巫 (ōmikamuko) (ruby: (おお), (), (かむこ)), 男巫 (otokomiko) (ruby: (おとこ), (みこ)), 乙女巫 (otomemiko) (ruby: 乙女(おとめ), (みこ)), 女巫 (onnamiko) (ruby: (おんな), (みこ)), 巫覡 (kine) (ruby: 巫覡(きね)), 里巫 (satomiko) (ruby: (さと), (みこ)), 巫鳥 (shitodo) (ruby: 巫鳥(しとど)), 女巫 (jofu) (ruby: 女巫(じょふ)), 巫女 (suzushime) (ruby: (すずし), ()), 巫女 (noro) (ruby: 巫女(のろ)), 肘巫 (hijikannagi) (ruby: (ひじ), (かんなぎ)), 巫医: a shrine maiden and a doctor (fui), someone who is both a shrine maiden and a doctor, 巫峡: Wu Gorge (fukyō) (ruby: 巫峡(ふきょう)) (english: the second of China's Three Gorges), 巫覡 (fugeki) (ruby: 巫覡(ふげき)) (english: male and female sorcerer and shaman), 巫蠱 (fuko) (ruby: 巫蠱(ふこ)), 巫山 (Fuzan) (ruby: 巫山(ふざん)) (english: Wushan, the Wu Mountains, a mountainous area in China along the Wu Gorge), 巫山雲雨 (Fuzan'un'u) (ruby: 巫山雲雨(ふざんうんう)), 巫山之夢 (Fuzannoyume) (ruby: 巫山之夢(ふざんのゆめ)), 巫史 (fushi) (ruby: 巫史(ふし)), 巫呪 (fuju) (ruby: 巫呪(ふじゅ)), 巫祝 (fushuku) (ruby: 巫祝(ふしゅく)), 巫術: shamanism (fujutsu), witchcraft, sorcery, 巫女 (fujo) (ruby: 巫女(ふじょ)), 御巫 (mikanko) (ruby: (), (かんこ)), 御巫 (mikannagi) (ruby: (), (かんなぎ)), 御巫 (mikōnoko) (ruby: (), (こうのこ)), 巫女 (miko) (ruby: 巫女(みこ)) (english: a shrine maiden), 野巫 (yabu) (ruby: 野巫(やぶ)), 湯巫 (yumiko) (ruby: (), (みこ)), 霊巫 (reifu) (ruby: 霊巫(れいふ))

Noun

IPA: [kã̠nːa̠ɡʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かんなぎ)), kannagi [romanization]
Etymology: /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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=かんなぎ}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|神|和ぎ|sort=かんなぎ|t1=god, spirit|t2=calming, calming down|tr1=kamu|tr2=nagi}} 神 (kamu, “god, spirit”) + 和ぎ (nagi, “calming, calming down”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かんなぎ}} 巫(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 Tags: archaic Synonyms: 巫女, 神子
    Sense id: en-巫-ja-noun-4ZnXR7Kv Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 34 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 34 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 31 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːna̠ɡʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (こうなぎ)), kōnagi [romanization], kaunagi [romanization], かうなぎ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /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”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうなぎ|hhira=かうなぎ}} 巫(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 Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-巫-ja-noun-4ZnXR7Kv1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 31 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 34 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 34 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 31 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 巫 meaning in Japanese (10.4kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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