式神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
式	神
しき Grade: 3	じん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
式神 (kyūjitai) 識神

Kanji in this term
式	神
しき Grade: 3	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spellings
式神 (kyūjitai) 識神

Abe no Seimei and his shikigami, (bottom right,) whom with which they all say grace before an assembly of God-like demon spirits

Etymology

Compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).

Alternately, compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) +‎ 神 (jin, “god, spirit”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しきがみ [shìkígámí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) しきがみ [shìkíꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕikʲiɡa̠mʲi]

(Tokyo) しきじん [shìkíjíń] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) しきじん [shìkíꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕikʲiʑĩɴ]

Noun

式(しき)神(がみ) or 式(しき)神(じん) • (shikigami or shikijin)

A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.

See also

犬神(いぬがみ) (inugami): a (guardian/familiar) dog spirit; a kind of shikigami
陰陽道(おんみょうどう) (onmyōdō): the onmyōdō religion, "The Way of Yin and Yang"
陰陽師(おんみょうじ) (onmyōji): an onmyōdō master or teacher
使(つか)い魔(ま) (tsukaima): a familiar, a familiar spirit
Shikigami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
式神 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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