覡

覡

See also: 觋

覡 U+89A1, 覡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89A1 ← 覠 [U+89A0] CJK Unified Ideographs 覢 → [U+89A2]

Translingual

Han character

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

1. wizard

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 巫 (“shaman”) + 見 (“to see”).

Etymology 1

trad.		覡
simp.		觋
alternative forms		擊／击

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xí (xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat⁶
    • Yale: haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦek̚/

Rime
Character	覡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡狄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣek̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覡
Reading #	1/1
No.	13398
Phonetic component	覡
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檄
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːɡ/
Notes	或雲見亦聲

Definitions

覡

1. (literary) male shaman; wizard

Compounds

巫覡／巫觋 (wūxí)

Etymology 2

trad.		覡
simp.		觋
alternative forms		醒 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): seng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sang⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sang⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seng²
    • Yale: séng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: seng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sang
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ⁵³/

Definitions

覡

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) sorcery; witchcraft

Compounds

問覡／问觋

覡公／觋公

覡婆／觋婆

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Japanese

Kanji

覡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. medium, diviner

Readings

• Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
• Kun: かんなぎ (kannagi, 覡); こうなぎ (kōnagi, 覡); みこ (miko, 覡)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
覡
かんなぎ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 覡 – see the following entry.

【巫かんなぎ】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, 覡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
覡
こうなぎ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 覡 – see the following entry.

【巫こうなぎ】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, 覡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
覡
みこ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 覡 – 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, 覡, 巫

(This term, 覡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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