鬼籍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	籍
き Grade: S	せき Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Derivation unknown. First cited in 1886.

Based on the senses of the Chinese characters, the spelling literally means ghost + register, record, list.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きせき [kìsékí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きせき [kìséꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kʲise̞kʲi]

Noun

鬼(き)籍(せき) • (kiseki) 

1. [from 1886] necrology (list of dead persons)
2. [from 1940s] (figuratively): list of abolished things

Synonyms

• 過(か)去(こ)帳(ちょう) (kakochō)
• 点(てん)鬼(き)簿(ぼ) (tenkibo)

Derived terms

• 鬼(き)籍(せき)に入(い)る (kiseki ni iru, “to die; to be abolished”)