呪符

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
呪	符
じゅ Grade: S	ふ Grade: S
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology edit

Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 呪符 (MC tsyuwH bju). Alternatively, coined in Japanese from Sinitic elements.

First cited to a work from 1884.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) じゅふ [júꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

呪(じゅ)符(ふ) • (jufu)

an amulet or charm to ward off illness or other misfortune
a magic charm

See also edit

See also

御札(おふだ) (ofuda), お札(ふだ) (ofuda)
護符(ごふ) (gofu)
神札(しんさつ) (shinsatsu)
御守(おまもり) (omamori), お守(まも)り (omamori)
縁起物(えんぎもの) (engimono): a good luck charm

References edit

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

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