Chinese edit

man; person; people
trad. (奉教人) 奉教
simp. #(奉教人) 奉教

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

奉教人

  1. (obsolete) Christian

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: S
きょう
Grade: 2
にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Chinese has 奉教 (fèngjiào, “Christianity”); 奉教 does not have this sense in Japanese monolingual dictionaries.”

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーきょーにん [hòókyóóníń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːkʲo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun edit

(ほう)(きょう)(にん) (hōkyōninほうけうにん (foukeunin)?

  1. (obsolete) Christian
    奉教人(ほうきょうにん)()
    Hōkyōnin no Shi”
    Death of a Christian (1918 novel by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN