巫

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witch

HSK 7

Human →Relations

wū

フ

みこ、かんなぎ

무

Depicts some sort of object used by shamans. The exact nature of this object is unclear.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

巫

Regular

Modern

Chinese

巫 [Wū]

surname Wu; also pr. [Wú]

巫 [wū]

witch; wizard; shaman; also pr. [wú]

Japanese

巫、覡かんなぎ同音

noun medium; diviner; shaman; oracle (巫 is esp. female and 覡 male)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

巫う

U surname

巫ふ

Fu surname

CHINESE WORDS (32)

Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges

小巫见大巫 [xiǎowūjiàndàwū] #26,684

lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)

小巫见大巫 [xiǎowūjiàndàwū] #26,684

lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)

巫医 [wūyī] #17,563

witch doctor

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JAPANESE WORDS (20)

⭐ 巫山戯る [ふざける] #48,864

shrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)

祝女 [のろ] #174,698

noro

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KOREAN WORDS (2)