巫覡

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ hat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄒㄧˊ
    • 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/

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• Middle Chinese: mju hek

Rime
Character	巫	覡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	錫 (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/
Bernhard 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

1. 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)