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Contents
1 Translingual
1.1 Han character
1.1.1 References
2 Chinese
2.1 Glyph origin
2.2 Etymology
2.3 Pronunciation
2.4 Definitions
2.5 Compounds
3 Japanese
3.1 Kanji
3.1.1 Readings
3.1.2 Compounds
3.1.3 Usage notes
4 Korean
4.1 Hanja
5 Vietnamese
5.1 Han character
Translingual
Han character
巫 (radical 48, 工+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人人 (MOO), four-corner 10108, composition ⿻工从)
References
- KangXi: page 325, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8728
- Dae Jaweon: page 629, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 412, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5DEB
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 巫 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 巫 | ||||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | ||
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Ancient script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (巫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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巫 | *ma |
誣 | *ma |
莁 | *ma |
鵐 | *ma |
Pictogram (象形) – originally two pieces of jade crossed over each other as used in ancient shamanistic practices.
Etymology
- “shaman; witch”
- This word initially referred to spirit medium/shaman of either sex, but eventually female when contrasted with 覡 (OC *ɡeːɡ, “male shaman”). Various hypotheses exist regarding its etymology (Schuessler, 2007):
- Cognate with Tibetan འབའ་པོ ('ba' po, “magician, sorcerer”), འབའ་མོ ('ba' mo, “sorceress”).
- Cognate with 誣 (OC *ma, “to deceive”).
- Cognate with 舞 (OC *maʔ, “to dance”).
- Cognate with 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “female”).
Victor Mair proposes that this is a loanword from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (maguš), a word represented by the cross potent (☩) which is graphically similar to the Chinese bronze inscription form (Mair, 1990; Mair, 2012).
Thai หมอ (mɔ̌ɔ, “doctor”) < Proto-Tai *ʰmo:ᴬ (“shaman”) is generally assumed to be a Sino-Tibetan loan (Pittayaporn, 2014). More at Wu (shaman), Magi#In Chinese sources, magus.
- “Malay”
Clipping of of 巫來由／巫来由 (wūláiyóu), a transcription of Malay Melayu.
Pronunciation
Definitions
巫
shaman; witch; sorcerer; wizard- witch doctor
(chiefly Malaysia, Singapore) Malay; Melayu; relating to ethnic Malays- A surname.
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
巫
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- shaman
witch, sorcerer
Readings
Go-on: む (mu)
Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu)
Kun: みこ (miko, 巫); かんなぎ (kannagi, 巫).mw-parser-output .jouyou-readingbackground-color:rgb(224,255,255);background-color:rgba(224,255,255,0.5)
Compounds
Compounds
巫 (ふ)医 (い) (fui): a shrine maiden and a doctor; someone who is both a shrine maiden and a doctor
巫 (ふ)山 (ざん) (Fuzan): Wushan, the Wu Mountains, a mountainous area in China along the Wu Gorge
巫術 (ふじゅつ) (fujutsu): shamanism; witchcraft, sorcery
巫 (み)女 (こ) (miko): a shrine maiden
Usage notes
This is the only kanji added to the jinmeiyō kanji list on 7 January 2015 by the Japanese government; previously classified as hyōgaiji.
Korean
Hanja
巫 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune–Reischauer mu)
- A shaman.
- Something related to shamanism.
Vietnamese
Han character
巫 (vu)
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