See also:
U+89A1, 覡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89A1

[U+89A0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+89A2]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 147, +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一人月山山 (MOBUU), four-corner 16110, composition )

  1. wizard

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1135, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34875
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1602, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3668, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+89A1

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (shaman) + (to see).

Etymology 1

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Earliest extant attestation is in Discourses of the States (translation adapted from Keightley, 1989):

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter hek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣek̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣiek̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣiek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13398
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡeːɡ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. (literary) male shaman; wizard

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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alternative forms Cantonese

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) sorcery; witchcraft

Compounds

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References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 253.

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. medium, diviner

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
かんなぎ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
かんなぎJ
[noun] (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
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
こうなぎ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
こうなぎJ
[noun] (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
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
みこ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
巫女みこ
[noun] An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities. A shrine maid.
[noun] An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles.
Alternative spellings
神子, 神巫,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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(gyeok) (hangeul , revised gyeok, McCune–Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek)

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