神風

See also: 神风

Chinese
 
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (神風) 神 風
simp. (神风) 神 风
anagram 風神／风神

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 神風 (kamikaze).

Pronunciation

Noun

神風

  1. kamikaze

Verb

神風

  1. to kamikaze

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
神 風
かみ
Grade: 3		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
神風 (kyūjitai)

/kamukaze/ → /kamikaze/

Shift from Old Japanese kamukaze (see below).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かみ​かぜ [kàmíꜜkàzè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲika̠ze̞]

Noun

神(かみ)風(かぜ) • (kamikaze) 

  1. a divine wind
  2. a kamikaze, a suicide pilot in World War Two
  3. (figurative) a reckless and dangerous action
  4. the typhoons that saved Japan from Mongol invasion in the late 1200s: see Mongol invasions of Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Usage notes

This kamikaze spelling is also the ultimate source of English kamikaze, but by a circuitous route. The characters appear in 神(しん)風(ぷう)特(とく)別(べつ)攻(こう)撃(げき)隊(たい) (shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai, “shinpū special attack unit”), the name of airborne kamikaze units surely named after the typhoon but using the on'yomi or Sino-Japanese reading shinpū (see below). The kamikaze reading was used informally in the Japanese media at the time, and this made its way into English. For more, see Kamikaze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

The Japanese term for referring to the WWII suicide pilots is the abbreviated form 特(とっ)攻(こう)隊(たい) (tokkōtai).

Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
神 風
かむ
Grade: 3		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
神風 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[2]

Compound of 神 (kamu, “god, deity”, the ancient combining form of modern kami) +‎ 風 (kaze, “wind”).[3][1][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mɯ̟ᵝka̠ze̞]

Noun

神(かむ)風(かぜ) • (kamukaze) 

  1. (archaic) a divine wind
  2. (archaic) the typhoons that saved Japan from Mongol invasion in the late 1200s: see Mongol invasions of Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
神 風
かん
Grade: 3		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
神風 (kyūjitai)

/kamukaze/ → /kankaze/

From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier kamukaze (see above).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋka̠ze̞]

Noun

神(かん)風(かぜ) • (kankaze) 

  1. (archaic) a divine wind
  2. (archaic) the typhoons that saved Japan from Mongol invasion in the late 1200s: see Mongol invasions of Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
神 風
しん
Grade: 3		 ふう > ぷう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
神風 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 神風 (MC zyin pjuwng).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しんぷう [shìńpúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩmpɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

神(しん)風(ぷう) • (shinpū) 

  1. a divine wind
Derived terms
  • 神(しん)風(ぷう)連(れん) (Shinpūren): the Shinpūren or “Divine Wind League”, an association of ex-samurai committed to the violent undoing of the Meiji Restoration: see Shinpūren rebellion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • 神(しん)風(ぷう)特(とく)別(べつ)攻(こう)撃(げき)隊(たい) (shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai): “Divine Wind” special attack unit (airborne kamikaze unit)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 162:
    , text here
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Further reading

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神風

Noun

神風

  1. chữ Hán form of thần phong (“kamikaze”).
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