鬼神

Chinese

ghost; sly; crafty
 
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (鬼神)
simp. #(鬼神)
anagram 神鬼

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (27)
Final () (21) (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjw+jX zyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʉiX/ /ʑiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɨiX/ /ʑin/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuəiX/ /ʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kujX/ /ʑin/
Li
Rong
/kiuəiX/ /d͡ʑiĕn/
Wang
Li
/kĭwəiX/ /d͡ʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwe̯iX/ /d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guǐ shén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai2 san4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guǐ shén
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjwɨjX › ‹ zyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-ʔujʔ/ /*Cə.li[n]/
English ghost spirit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4689 11245
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kulʔ/ /*hlin/

Noun

鬼神

  1. ghosts and spirits; supernatural beings
    迷信鬼神   míxìn guǐshén   to be superstitious about ghosts and spirits

Derived terms

  • 動天地,感鬼神动天地,感鬼神
  • 動天地,泣鬼神动天地,泣鬼神
  • 天地鬼神
  • 感天地,動鬼神感天地,动鬼神
  • 感天地,泣鬼神
  • 敬鬼神而遠之敬鬼神而远之
  • 泣鬼神
  • 驚天地,泣鬼神惊天地,泣鬼神 (jīng tiāndì, qì guǐshén)
  • 驚風雨,泣鬼神惊风雨,泣鬼神
  • 鬼神不測鬼神不测
  • 鬼神樣相鬼神样相 (Hakka)
  • 鬼神莫測鬼神莫测
  • 鬼神莫窺鬼神莫窥

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鬼神):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じん
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term

Grade: S
しん
Grade: 3
kan’on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 鬼神 (MC kjw+jX zyin, “devil, devilish + god, spirit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲiɕĩɴ]

Noun

()(じん) or ()(しん) • (kijin or kishin) 

  1. a fierce god or spirit
  2. all of the spirits and souls and gods of the world
  3. (Buddhism) someone with superhuman power or ability, such as Śakra, the ruler of heaven, or a rakshasa or demon

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おに
Grade: S
かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Compound of (oni, devil, demon, malevolent spirit) + (kami, spirit, god).[2][1] 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.[2] Found in the Kokin Wakashū, published in roughly 905 CE.

Pronunciation

Noun

(おに)(がみ) • (onigami) 

  1. an invisible spirit, particularly a fierce one

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鬼神 • (gwisin) (hangeul 귀신)

  1. Hanja form? of 귀신 (god, ghost, or spirit).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

鬼神

  1. chữ Hán form of quỷ thần (god, ghost, or spirit).
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