"神仙" meaning in Japanese

See 神仙 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕĩɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 神仙 [canonical] (ruby: (しん), (せん)), shinsen [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 神仙 (MC zyin sjen). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しんせん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|神仙}} 神仙 (MC zyin sjen) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しんせん}} 神(しん)仙(せん) • (shinsen)
  1. supernatural, celestial or divine being; an immortal
    Sense id: en-神仙-ja-noun-~4oZbsaB
  2. (music) the 11th note in the Japanese chromatic scale, close to Western C Categories (topical): Music, Chinese mythology, Taoism
    Sense id: en-神仙-ja-noun-q0CXdp08 Disambiguation of Chinese mythology: 15 85 Disambiguation of Taoism: 29 71 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 神仙思想 (shinsenshisō) (ruby: (しん), (せん), (), (そう)) (english: ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards)
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