卑彌呼

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First attested in Records of the Three Kingdoms. vol. 30 (translation adapted from Tsunoda , 1951):

• 其國本亦以男子為王，住七八十年，倭國亂，相攻伐歷年，乃共立一女子為王，名曰卑彌呼，……。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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  其国本亦以男子为王，住七八十年，倭国乱，相攻伐历年，乃共立一女子为王，名曰卑弥呼，……。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

  From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

  Qí guó běn yì yǐ nánzǐ wèi wáng, zhù qī bāshí nián, Wōguó luàn, xiàng gōngfá lìnián, nǎi gòng lì yī nǚzǐ wèi wáng, míng yuē Bēimíhū,.......

  The country formerly had a man as ruler. For some seventy or eighty years after that there were disturbances and warfare. Thereupon the people agreed upon a woman for their ruler. Her name was Himiko. .

Possibly pronounced *pie mie hɑ in Eastern Han Chinese (in Schuessler (2009)'s reconstructions).

Tsunoda (1951) proposes that this is borrowed from Old Japanese 姬子 (Pi₁me₁ko₁, literally “princess child”).^[1]

For other alternative proposals see relevant Wikipedia article.

卑彌呼

1. (historical) Himiko, a semi-legendary queen of Yamatai in ancient Japan