虚儀

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
虚	儀
きょ Grade: S	ぎ Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
虛儀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese based on Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 虚 (kyo, “empty”) +‎ 儀 (gi, “rite, ceremony”).

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

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) きょぎ [kyóꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ɡʲi]

Noun edit

虚(きょ)儀(ぎ) • (kyogi) ^{←きよぎ (kyogi)^?}

[from 1884] an empty formality, a perfunctory ceremony

References edit

^ “虚儀”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

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