覡

覡 (radical 147, 見+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一人月山山 (MOBUU), four-corner 1611₀, composition ⿰巫見)

1. wizard

• KangXi: page 1135, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34875
• Dae Jaweon: page 1602, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3668, character 17
• Unihan data for U+89A1

覡

1. male shaman; wizard

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. medium, diviner

• Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
• Kun: かんなぎ (kannagi, 覡); こうなぎ (kōnagi, 覡); みこ (miko, 覡)

/kamunaɡi/ → /kaɴnaɡi/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神 (kamu, “god, spirit”) +‎ 和ぎ (nagi, “calming, calming down”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 和ぐ (nagu, “to become calm, to become quiet”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠nːa̠ɡʲi]

• 巫

覡 (hiragana かんなぎ, rōmaji kannagi)

1. (archaic) a medium or shaman, usually female, who acts as a medium between humans and the spirits or gods, helping to communicate between the two and to calm any supernatural or spiritual upset

   Synonyms: 巫女 (miko), 神子 (miko), 神子 (kanko)

/kamunaɡi/ → /kaũnaɡi/ → /kaunaɡi/ → /kɔːnaɡi/ → /koːnaɡi/

Shift in pronunciation of the 神 (kamu) element, similar to the pattern seen in terms such as 神戸 (“Kōbe”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːna̠ɡʲi]

• 巫

覡 (hiragana こうなぎ, rōmaji kōnagi, historical hiragana かうなぎ)

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a medium or shaman, usually female, who acts as a medium between humans and the spirits or gods, helping to communicate between the two and to calm any supernatural or spiritual upset

   Synonyms: 巫女 (miko), 神子 (miko), 神子 (kanko)

Less-common ateji for 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) み​こ [míꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
  • (Tokyo) みこ [mìkó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲiko̞]

• 巫女, 神子

覡 (hiragana みこ, rōmaji miko)

1. a shrine maiden: see 巫女

覡 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격, revised gyeok, McCune–Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek)

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