鎮魂

From Middle Chinese 鎮魂 (MC trinH hwon, literally “to calm, to pacify + soul, spirit”).

• (Tokyo) ちんこん [chìńkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩŋkõ̞ɴ]

鎮(ちん)魂(こん) • (chinkon) ^{←ちんこん (tinkon)?}

1. consolation and pacification of the souls of the dead

鎮(ちん)魂(こん)する • (chinkon suru) ^{←ちんこん (tinkon)?}suru (stem 鎮(ちん)魂(こん)し (chinkon shi), past 鎮(ちん)魂(こん)した (chinkon shita))

1. to console and pacify the souls of the dead

• 鎮魂歌(ちんこんか) (chinkonka)
• 鎮魂曲(ちんこんきょく) (chinkonkyoku)

Compound of 魂 (tama, “soul”) +‎ 鎮め (shizume, “calming, pacifying, appeasing”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 鎮(しず)める (shizumeru, “to calm, to pacify, to appease”).).[2][1]

The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.

• (Tokyo) たまし​ずめ [tàmáshíꜜzùmè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠ɕizɨᵝme̞]

鎮魂(たましずめ) • (tamashizume) ^{←たましづめ (tamasidume)?}

1. consolation and pacification of the souls of the dead
2. 　(Shinto) short for 鎮魂の祭 (tamashizume no matsuri, “festival for the pacification of the souls of the dead”) or 鎮魂の式 (tamashizume no shiki, “ritual for the pacification of the souls of the dead”): a mass

Compound of 御霊 (mitama, “soul”) +‎ 鎮め (shizume, “calming, pacifying, appeasing”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 鎮(しず)める (shizumeru, “to calm, to pacify, to appease”).).[1]

The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.

This reading with the mi- prefix appears to be less common than tamashizume above.

• IPA^(key): [mʲita̠ma̠ɕizɨᵝme̞]

鎮魂(みたましずめ) • (mitamashizume) ^{←みたましづめ (mitamasidume)?}

1. (Shinto, archaic) (see tamashizume above)