うじ

See also: うし

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling 氏

From Old Japanese うぢ (udi, “clan”).[1][2] Found in the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759 CE.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

うじ (rōmaji uji, historical hiragana うぢ)

  1. (historical) a clan
  2. a family name, a surname
  3. one's house, birth, lineage

Suffix

うじ (rōmaji -uji, historical hiragana うぢ)

  1. (historical, honorific) a clan (added after the clan name as an honorific)

Etymology 2
Alternative spellings 蛆
蜡

From Old Japanese.[2] Found in the Kojiki completed circa 712 CE.

Pronunciation

Noun

うじ (katakana ウジ, rōmaji uji)

  1. (less common) larva, maggot
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ウジ.

On its own, this term may appear more in technical contexts. In everyday parlance, the term うじむし (ujimushi) may be more common.

Derived terms
  • うじむし (ujimushi): maggot (more common)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4465), text online here
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