巫覡

Chinese

		witch; Malay	wizard
trad. (巫覡)		巫	覡
simp. (巫觋)		巫	觋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūxí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ hat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wusí
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-hsi²
  - Yale: wū-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushyi
  - Palladius: уси (usi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ hat⁶
  - Yale: mòuh haht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ hat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ hed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ hɐt̚²/

Middle Chinese: mju hek

Rime
Character	巫	覡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	武夫切	胡狄切
Baxter	mju	hek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ɦek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ɦek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ɦɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ɣek̚/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ɣiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ɣiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	jik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ma ɡeːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wū
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›
Old Chinese	/*C.m(r)[o]/
English	magician
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巫	覡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13062	13398
Phonetic component	巫	覡
Rime group	魚	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	無	檄
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ɡeːɡ/
Notes		或雲見亦聲

Noun

巫覡

male and female sorcerers and shamans
- 出戶而巫覡有事，出門而宗祝有事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  出户而巫觋有事，出门而宗祝有事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Chūhù ér wūxí yǒushì, chūmén ér zōngzhù yǒushì. [Pinyin]
  When he goes out of the inner door, shamanesses and shamans busy themselves. When he leaves the gate, the master of sacrifices and the invocators busy themselves.

Derived terms

巫覡教／巫觋教

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (巫覡):

→ Japanese: 巫(ふ)覡(げき) (fugeki)
→ Korean: 무격(巫覡) (mugyeok)
→ Vietnamese: vu hích (巫覡)

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