黄泉路

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 黄泉路 – see 黃泉路 (“road to the Underworld”). (This term is the simplified form of 黃泉路).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
黄	泉	路
よみ		じ Grade: 3
Grade: 2	Grade: 6
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
黃泉路 (kyūjitai) 黄泉

Compound of 黄泉 (yomi, “land of the dead, underworld”) +‎ 路 (chi, “road”). The chi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji spelling 黄泉 reflects the extension of the sense from "the road to the underworld" to '"the underworld" itself.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よ​みじ [yóꜜmìjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) よみ​じ [yòmíꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲiʑi]

Noun

黄泉(よみ)路(じ) • (yomiji) ^{←よみぢ (yomidi)?}

1. the road to the land of the dead; by extension, the underworld itself

Usage notes

The 黄泉 spelling may be more common in certain contexts.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 黄泉(よみじ)帰(がえ)り (yomiji-gaeri, “return from the underworld; resurrection, revival”)
• 黄泉(よみじ)鳥(ドリ) (yomiji-dori): alternative name for 虎鶫 (toratsugumi): scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)