陰陽師

Chinese

		moonlight and sunlight; yin and yang	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (陰陽師)		陰陽	師
simp. (阴阳师)		阴阳	师

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 陰陽師 (onmyōji).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyángshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyángshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyángshih
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yang²-shih¹
    • Yale: yīn-yáng-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyangshy
    • Palladius: иньянши (inʹjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Noun

陰陽師

1. practitioner of 陰陽道 (onmyōdō)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	師
おん Grade: S	よう > みょう Grade: 3	し > じ Grade: 5
goon

/omjauzi/ → */omʉjauzi/ → /omɨjauzi/ → /omʲːauʑi/ → /oɴmjɔːʑi/ → /oɴmjoːʑi/

Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Shift from on'yōji below.

The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんみょーじ [òńmyóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞mʲːo̞ːʑi]

Noun

陰(おん)陽(みょう)師(じ) • (onmyōji) ^{←おんみやうじ (onmyauzi)?}

1. a practitioner of 陰陽道 (onmyōdō, “esoteric cosmology based on Chinese philosophy and traditional Japanese occult practices”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	師
おん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3	し > じ Grade: 5
goon

From 陰陽 (on'yō, “yin-yang”) +‎ 師 (-shi, “-ian, -ist”).

The shi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

There is also a variant spelling: /omjauzi/ → */omʉjauzi/ → /omɨjauzi/ → /omjauzi/ → /omjɔːʑi/ → /omjɔːʑi/

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんよーじ [òń'yóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃jo̞ːʑi]

Noun

陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ) • (on'yōji) ^{←おんやうじ (on'yauzi)?}
(alternative reading hiragana おみょうじ, rōmaji omyōji, historical hiragana おみやうじ)

1. (historical) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, a position in the 陰陽寮 (On'yōryō) who specialized in Chinese-influenced astrology, cosmology, divination, and other occult practices
2. a practitioner of 陰陽道 (on'yōdō, “esoteric cosmology based on Chinese philosophy and traditional Japanese occult practices”)

Derived terms

• 隠(かく)れ陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ) (kakure on'yōji)

Idioms

• 陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ)身(み)の上(うえ)知(し)らず (on'yōji mi no ue shirazu)