巫術

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See also: 巫术

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūshù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ seot⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-su̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄕㄨˋ
  - 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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ seot⁶
  - Yale: mòuh seuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ soet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɵt̚²/
Southern Min
- (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

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(ふ)術(じゅつ) (fujutsu)
→ Korean: 무술(巫術) (musul)

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 mju zywit). 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 (Atamadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

巫(ふ)術(じゅつ) • (fujutsu)

shamanism
Synonym: シャーマニズム (shāmanizumu)
(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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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