"源氏" meaning in Japanese

See 源氏 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi] Forms: 源氏 [canonical] (ruby: (げん), ()), Genji [romanization]
Etymology: From 源 (gen, on-reading of minamoto, literally “fountainhead, source”) + 氏 (-shi, “family”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ja|源|氏|lit1=fountainhead, source|pos1=on-reading of minamoto|t2=family|tr1=gen|tr2=shi}} 源 (gen, on-reading of minamoto, literally “fountainhead, source”) + 氏 (-shi, “family”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|げんじ}} 源(げん)氏(じ) • (Genji)
  1. ellipsis of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 源氏物語 (extra: (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu)
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-name-OFVIr7IO Categories (other): Japanese ellipses, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese fiction, Servants Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 11 11 1 3 6 9 8 10 9 3 9 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 10 14 2 5 4 14 4 8 9 8 9 5 8 Disambiguation of Servants: 10 3 3 13 7 7 7 14 7 12 2 2 12
  2. ellipsis of 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 光源氏 (extra: (Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel)
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-name-010bq9b5 Categories (other): Japanese ellipses, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Fabrics, Female people, Japanese fiction, Solanums Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 10 1 4 6 13 4 9 12 5 10 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 10 1 4 5 12 4 10 9 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 10 2 9 7 5 3 10 9 7 9 7 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 11 11 1 3 6 9 8 10 9 3 9 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 10 1 4 5 11 4 10 10 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 7 10 2 2 5 7 6 10 19 1 6 5 21 Disambiguation of Female people: 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 10 14 2 5 4 14 4 8 9 8 9 5 8 Disambiguation of Solanums: 6 11 2 2 5 6 5 9 13 1 5 17 19
  3. a placename
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-name-M1g9SmfF
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Servants Disambiguation of Servants: 10 3 3 13 7 7 7 14 7 12 2 2 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 源氏供養 (Genji Kuyō) (ruby: 源氏供養(げんじくよう)), 源氏香 (Genji-kō) (ruby: 源氏香(げんじこう)), 源氏の君 (Genji no Kimi) (ruby: 源氏(げんじ), (きみ)), 源氏箔 (Genji-haku) (ruby: 源氏(げんじ), (はく)), 源氏名 (genjina) (ruby: 源氏名(げんじな)), 源氏模様 (Genji moyō) (ruby: 源氏模様(げんじもよう)), 石山源氏 (Ishiyama Genji) (ruby: (いし), (やま), 源氏(げんじ)), 須磨源氏 (Suma Genji) (ruby: 須磨源氏(すまげんじ))

Noun

IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi] Forms: 源氏 [canonical] (ruby: (げん), ()), Genji [romanization]
Etymology: From 源 (gen, on-reading of minamoto, literally “fountainhead, source”) + 氏 (-shi, “family”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ja|源|氏|lit1=fountainhead, source|pos1=on-reading of minamoto|t2=family|tr1=gen|tr2=shi}} 源 (gen, on-reading of minamoto, literally “fountainhead, source”) + 氏 (-shi, “family”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|^げんじ}} 源(げん)氏(じ) • (Genji)
  1. any family or clan with a common surname of 源 (Minamoto) Synonyms: 源家
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-PInz4Zjx
  2. (poetry) ellipsis of 源氏行 (Genji-kō, “a form of 連歌 (renga, “linked verse”) where sixty verses are written on a piece of paper folded in three”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 源氏行 (extra: (Genji-kō, “a form of 連歌 (renga, “linked verse”) where sixty verses are written on a piece of paper folded in three”))
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-E2AqvbxK Categories (other): Japanese ellipses, Poetry, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese fiction Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 10 1 4 6 13 4 9 12 5 10 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 10 1 4 5 12 4 10 9 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 10 1 4 5 11 4 10 10 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 10 14 2 5 4 14 4 8 9 8 9 5 8 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
  3. ellipsis of 源氏香 (Genji-kō, “an incense-comparing game, with five sorts of incense”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 源氏香 (extra: Genji-kō, “an incense-comparing game, with five sorts of incense”)
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-qdBpDyX6 Categories (other): Japanese ellipses
  4. (painting) ellipsis of 源氏絵 (Genji-e, “paintings based on the events of the Tale of Genji; paintings depicting the Heian era in general”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 源氏絵 (extra: Genji-e, “paintings based on the events of the Tale of Genji; paintings depicting the Heian era in general”)
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-IgdO0lwj Categories (other): Japanese ellipses, Painting, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Servants Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 10 2 9 7 5 3 10 9 7 9 7 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 11 11 1 3 6 9 8 10 9 3 9 7 13 Disambiguation of Servants: 10 3 3 13 7 7 7 14 7 12 2 2 12
  5. ellipsis of 源氏織り (Genji-ori, “a type of fabric woven with intermittently gold wrapped thread, woven in Kyoto in the Edo period”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 源氏織り (extra: Genji-ori, “a type of fabric woven with intermittently gold wrapped thread, woven in Kyoto in the Edo period”)
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-C1HaAfep Categories (other): Japanese ellipses, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Fabrics, Morning glory family plants, Solanums Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 10 1 4 6 13 4 9 12 5 10 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 10 1 4 5 11 4 10 10 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 7 10 2 2 5 7 6 10 19 1 6 5 21 Disambiguation of Morning glory family plants: 8 8 2 6 9 6 5 10 10 5 12 7 14 Disambiguation of Solanums: 6 11 2 2 5 6 5 9 13 1 5 17 19
  6. (historical, colloquial) a maidservant in a noble household Tags: colloquial, historical Synonyms: 奥女中
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-o0woZItu Categories (other): Servants Disambiguation of Servants: 10 3 3 13 7 7 7 14 7 12 2 2 12
  7. (archaic women's speech) synonym of 夕顔 (yūgao): the common moonflower or moonvine, Ipomoea alba Synonyms: 夕顔 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-ZfW--UQT Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Morning glory family plants Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 10 1 4 5 11 4 10 10 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Morning glory family plants: 8 8 2 6 9 6 5 10 10 5 12 7 14
  8. (archaic women's speech) synonym of 茄子 (nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena Synonyms: 茄子 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-ZhkZfG73 Categories (other): Solanums Disambiguation of Solanums: 6 11 2 2 5 6 5 9 13 1 5 17 19
  9. (slang) a corrupt rickshaw puller associated with a brothel who brings in customers for them, and expects a high fee Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-源氏-ja-noun-a7YQNkjR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with 氏, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Books, Fabrics, Fictional characters, Morning glory family plants, Servants, Solanums Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 11 1 3 6 8 5 10 12 4 8 9 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 10 1 4 6 13 4 9 12 5 10 9 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 10 1 4 5 12 4 10 9 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 氏: 9 10 1 6 7 6 4 11 10 5 9 7 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 9 10 2 9 7 5 3 10 9 7 9 7 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 11 11 1 3 6 9 8 10 9 3 9 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 10 1 4 5 11 4 10 10 5 10 9 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 1 4 4 4 7 15 6 3 8 10 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 12 1 3 7 7 5 11 13 2 7 7 18 Disambiguation of Books: 10 10 1 7 5 7 5 12 8 4 6 6 19 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 7 10 2 2 5 7 6 10 19 1 6 5 21 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 7 14 2 2 5 9 5 10 14 2 6 5 20 Disambiguation of Morning glory family plants: 8 8 2 6 9 6 5 10 10 5 12 7 14 Disambiguation of Servants: 10 3 3 13 7 7 7 14 7 12 2 2 12 Disambiguation of Solanums: 6 11 2 2 5 6 5 9 13 1 5 17 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 源氏織り (Genji-ori) (ruby: 源氏織(げんじお)), 源氏金糸 (Genji kinshi) (ruby: 源氏(げんじ), 金糸(きんし)), 源氏の氏神 (Genji no Ujigami) (ruby: 源氏(げんじ), 氏神(うじがみ)), 源氏節 (Genji-bushi) (ruby: 源氏(げんじ), (ぶし)), 源氏星 (Genjiboshi) (ruby: 源氏(げんじ), (ぼし)), 宇多源氏 (Uda Genji) (ruby: 宇多源氏(うだげんじ)), 河内源氏 (Kawachi Genji) (ruby: 河内(かわち), 源氏(げんじ)), 清和源氏 (Seiwa Genji) (ruby: 清和(せいわ), 源氏(げんじ)), 村上源氏 (Murakami Genji) (ruby: 村上(むらかみ), 源氏(げんじ))

Alternative forms

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        "(painting) ellipsis of 源氏絵 (Genji-e, “paintings based on the events of the Tale of Genji; paintings depicting the Heian era in general”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Genji-ori, “a type of fabric woven with intermittently gold wrapped thread, woven in Kyoto in the Edo period”",
          "word": "源氏織り"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese ellipses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis of 源氏織り (Genji-ori, “a type of fabric woven with intermittently gold wrapped thread, woven in Kyoto in the Edo period”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "源氏織り",
          "源氏織り#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms",
        "Japanese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a maidservant in a noble household"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, colloquial) a maidservant in a noble household"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "奥女中"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of 夕顔 (yūgao): the common moonflower or moonvine, Ipomoea alba"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "夕顔",
          "夕顔#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic women's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic women's speech) synonym of 夕顔 (yūgao): the common moonflower or moonvine, Ipomoea alba"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "(yūgao): the common moonflower or moonvine, Ipomoea alba",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
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          "word": "夕顔"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of 茄子 (nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "茄子",
          "茄子#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "eggplant",
          "eggplant"
        ],
        [
          "Solanum melongena",
          "Solanum melongena#Translingual"
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        "(archaic women's speech) synonym of 茄子 (nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "(nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "茄子"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "a corrupt rickshaw puller associated with a brothel who brings in customers for them, and expects a high fee"
      ],
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        "(slang) a corrupt rickshaw puller associated with a brothel who brings in customers for them, and expects a high fee"
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "げんじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "源氏"
}

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    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with 氏",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "源氏供養",
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          "君",
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        ]
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      "roman": "Genji moyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "源氏模様",
          "げんじもよう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "源氏模様"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ishiyama Genji",
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        ],
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          "山",
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        ],
        [
          "源氏",
          "げんじ"
        ]
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    },
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      "roman": "Suma Genji",
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        "t2": "family",
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        "tr2": "shi"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "源氏",
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      "roman": "Kiritsubo Genji",
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          "源氏",
          "げんじ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "桐壺源氏"
    }
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          "extra": "(Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu",
          "word": "源氏物語"
        }
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        "ellipsis of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu"
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          "extra": "(Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel",
          "word": "光源氏"
        }
      ],
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        "Japanese ellipses"
      ],
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        "ellipsis of 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a placename"
      ],
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        [
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          "placename"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
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        [
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "げんじ"
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      "ipa": "[ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "源氏"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 源氏 meaning in Japanese (10.2kB)

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