祖神

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
祖 神
そ
Grade: 5		 しん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 祖神 (MC t͡suoX ʑiɪn). Compare modern Mandarin 祖神 (zǔshén).

Pronunciation

Noun

祖神 (hiragana そしん, rōmaji soshin)

  1. (mythology, Shinto) the deification of an ancestor
  2. (mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, as an ancestor of the imperial family
Usage notes

Sometimes also encountered as sojin, although this reading is less common.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
祖 神
おや
Grade: 5		 かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 祖 (oya, “parent; forebear, ancestor”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

祖神 (hiragana おやがみ, rōmaji oyagami)

  1. a god as an ancestor, an ancestral god

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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