芸者
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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芸 | 者 |
げい Grade: 4 | しゃ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 芸 (gei, “art, technique”) + 者 (sha, “person”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) げーしゃ [gèéshá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɡe̞ːɕa̠]
Noun
芸者 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 藝者, hiragana げいしゃ, rōmaji geisha)
- a geisha
- one who is proficient in an art, an artisan
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 295)
- Gueixa. Guei arumono. (芸ある者) 芸能の心得のある者、または、能力のある者.
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 295)
- a person who utilizes their art as an occupation
- 1688: 日本永代蔵, Volume 6, Chapter 5
- 一切の人間、目有鼻あり、手あしもかはらず生れ付て、貴人・高人、よろづの藝者は各別、常の町人、金銀の有徳ゆへ世上に名をしらるゝ事、是を思へば、若き時よりかせぎて、分限の其名を世に殘さぬは口をし。
- 1688: 日本永代蔵, Volume 6, Chapter 5
- one who entertains parties with song and dance
See also
- Korean: 기생 (妓生, gisaeng)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
- Noma, Kōshin (1960) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 48: Saigakushū (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN