式神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
式 神
しき
Grade: 3 		じん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)
識神
Kanji in this term
式 神
しき
Grade: 3 		かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)
識神

Etymology

Compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).

Alternately, compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) +‎ 神 (jin, “god, spirit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しきがみ [shìkígámí] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) しきがみ [shìkíꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɕikʲiɡa̠mʲi]
  • (Tokyo) しきじん [shìkíjíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) しきじん [shìkíꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɕikʲiʑĩɴ]

Noun

式(しき)神(がみ) or 式(しき)神(じん) • (shikigami or shikijin) 

  1. A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.

See also

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