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Chinese
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ghost; sly; crafty
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God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
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| trad. (鬼神)
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鬼
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神
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| simp. #(鬼神)
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鬼
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神
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| anagram
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神鬼
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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鬼
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神
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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guǐ
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shén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjwɨjX ›
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‹ zyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*k-ʔujʔ/
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/*Cə.li/
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| English
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ghost
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spirit
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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鬼
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神
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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4689
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11245
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Phonetic
component
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鬼
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申
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Rime
group
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微
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鬼
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神
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Old
Chinese
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/*kulʔ/
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/*hlin/
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Noun
鬼神
- ghosts and spirits; supernatural beings
- 迷信鬼神 ― míxìn guǐshén ― to be superstitious about ghosts and spirits
鬼神害盈而福謙，人道惡盈而好謙。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
鬼神害盈而福谦，人道恶盈而好谦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Guǐshén hài yíng ér fú qiān, réndào wù yíng ér hào qiān.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
可憐夜半虛前席，不問蒼生問鬼神。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
可怜夜半虚前席，不问苍生问鬼神。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: 9th century, Li Shangyin, 賈生
- Kělián yèbàn xū qián xí, bù wèn cāngshēng wèn guǐshén.
- Such a pity it is that the emperor left his seat empty at midnight, yet asking not about his people but about the supernatural.
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Alternative spelling
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| 鬼神 (kyūjitai)
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| Alternative spelling
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| 鬼神 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 鬼神 (MC kjw+jX zyin, “devil, devilish + god, spirit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
鬼神 or 鬼神 • (kijin or kishin)
- a fierce god or spirit
- all of the spirits and souls and gods of the world
- (Buddhism) someone with superhuman power or ability, such as Śakra, the ruler of heaven, or a rakshasa or demon
Etymology 2
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| 鬼神 (kyūjitai)
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Compound of 鬼 (oni, “devil, demon, malevolent spirit”) + 神 (kami, “spirit, god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The term may have arisen as the native-Japanese reading of the Middle Chinese derived term kijin above. Found in the Kokin Wakashū, published in roughly 905 CE.
Pronunciation
Noun
鬼神 • (onigami)
- an invisible spirit, particularly a fierce one
References
Korean
Noun
鬼神 • (gwisin) (hangeul 귀신)
- Hanja form? of 귀신 (“god, ghost, or spirit”).
Vietnamese
Noun
鬼神
- chữ Hán form of quỷ thần (“god, ghost, or spirit”).