鬼門
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See also: 鬼门
Chinese
| ghost; sly; crafty | opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鬼門) | 鬼 | 門 | |
| simp. (鬼门) | 鬼 | 门 | |
| anagram | 門鬼／门鬼 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guěimén
- Wade–Giles: kuei3-mên2
- Yale: gwěi-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimen
- Palladius: гуймэнь (gujmɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai2 mun4
- Yale: gwái mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai2 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: guei2 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
鬼門
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鬼 | 門 |
| き Grade: S |
もん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | goon |
Etymology
Literally "demon gate". Derives from Chinese texts and the belief system of 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō), wherein the northeast is considered to be the direction in which negative energy concentrates and demons come and go.[1][2][3][4][5]
First cited in Japanese to the early 1200s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- the north-eastern direction
- a weak point, an undesirable place or thing or person
- Synonym: 苦手 (nigate)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “鬼門”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “鬼門”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- ^ “鬼門”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN