ふみえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
踏み絵 踏絵

From 踏(ふ)み (fumi, “stepping”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 踏(ふ)む (fumu, “to step”)) + 絵(え) (e, “drawing”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふみえ [fùmíé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟mʲie̞]

Noun

ふみえ • (fumie) ^{←ふみゑ (fumiwe)?}

1. (historical) "stepping drawing:" a board depicting Christ or Mary, which officials used to discover Christians, who would refuse to step on it

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふみえ – see the following entry.

【章枝】 [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, ふみえ (fumie), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)