鬼門

See also: 鬼门

Chinese

	ghost; sly; crafty	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (鬼門)	鬼	門
simp. (鬼门)	鬼	门
anagram	門鬼／门鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐmén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² mun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-mn̂g / kúi-mûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěimén
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-mên²
  - Yale: gwěi-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimen
  - Palladius: гуймэнь (gujmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² mun⁴
  - Yale: gwái mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ muːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: kuí-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuymngg
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: kuí-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuymuii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ¹³/

Noun

鬼門

demon gate; gateway through which the ghost comes and goes

Derived terms

鬼門上占卦
鬼門道 / 鬼门道
鬼門關 / 鬼门关 (guǐménguān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	門
き Grade: S	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Etymology

Literally "demon gate". Derives from Chinese texts and the belief system of 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō), wherein the northeast is considered to be the direction in which negative energy concentrates and demons come and go.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

First cited in Japanese to the early 1200s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きもん [kìmóń] (Heiban – [0])^[5]
IPA^(key): [kʲimõ̞ɴ]

Noun

鬼(き)門(もん) • (kimon)

[from early 1200s] the north-eastern direction
Synonyms: 鬼方 (kihō, specific to Onmyōdō contexts), 艮 (ushitora, specific to Onmyōdō contexts), 北東 (hokutō, "northeast" in general)
[from 1675] a weak point, an undesirable place or thing or person
Synonym: 苦手 (nigate)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “鬼門”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “鬼門”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
^ “鬼門”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “鬼門”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[SDHJ-2] “鬼門”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN

[N-3] “鬼門”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[DJS-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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