祖神

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
祖 神
そ
Grade: 5 		しん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 祖神 (MC tsuX zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 祖神 (zǔshén).

Pronunciation

Noun

祖(そ)神(しん) • (soshin) 

  1. (mythology, Shinto) the deification of an ancestor
  2. (mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, as an ancestor of the imperial family
Usage notes

Sometimes also encountered as sojin, although this reading is less common.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
祖 神
おや
Grade: 5 		かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Compound of 祖 (oya, “parent; forebear, ancestor”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おやがみ [òyáꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ja̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

祖(おや)神(がみ) • (oyagami) 

  1. a god as an ancestor, an ancestral god

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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