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.[1]

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

鬼(き)籍(せき) • (kiseki)

[from 1886] necrology (list of dead persons)
[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”)

References

“鬼籍”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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