巫術

巫術

See also: 巫术

Chinese

		witch; Malay	method; technique
trad. (巫術)		巫	術
simp. (巫术)		巫	术

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ seot⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): bû-su̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wushù
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-shu⁴
    • Yale: wū-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushuh
    • Palladius: ушу (ušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ seot⁶
    • Yale: mòuh seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɵt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bû-su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: busut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² sut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ sut̚⁴/

Noun

巫術

1. magic; magic arts; sorcery; witchcraft

Synonyms

• 法術／法术 (fǎshù)

Derived terms

白巫術／白巫术 (báiwūshù)

黑巫術／黑巫术 (hēiwūshù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (巫術):

• → Japanese: 巫術(ふじゅつ) (fujutsu)
• → Korean: 무술(巫術) (musul)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
巫	術
ふ Jinmeiyō	じゅつ Grade: 5
kan’yōon	goon

Etymology

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 巫術 (MC mɨo ʑiuɪt̚). Formerly read with the kan'on as bujutsu.[1] Compare modern Min Nan reading bû-su̍t.

First attested in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi completed in 717.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふ​じゅつ [fúꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

巫(ふ)術(じゅつ) • (fujutsu) 

1. [from 717] shamanism

   Synonym: シャーマニズム (shāmanizumu)

2. (fantasy) witchcraft, magic, sorcery

   Synonyms: 魔法 (mahō), 魔術 (majutsu)

Derived terms

• 巫(ふ)術(じゅつ)師(し) (fujutsushi), 巫(ふ)術(じゅつ)士(し) (fujutsushi): shaman; magician, sorcerer

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN