鬼門

See also: 鬼门

Chinese
ghost; sly; crafty
 
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (鬼門) 鬼 門
simp. (鬼门) 鬼 门
anagram 門鬼／门鬼

Pronunciation

Noun

鬼門

  1. demon gate; gateway through which the ghost comes and goes

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鬼 門
き
Grade: S		 もん
Grade: 2
on’yomi goon

Etymology

Literally "demon gate". Derives from Chinese texts and the belief system of 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō), wherein the northeast is considered to be the direction in which negative energy concentrates and demons come and go.[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited in Japanese to the early 1200s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きもん [kìmóń] (Heiban – [0])[5]
  • IPA(key): [kʲimõ̞ɴ]

Noun

鬼(き)門(もん) • (kimon) 

  1. [from early 1200s] the north-eastern direction
    Synonyms: 鬼方 (kihō, specific to Onmyōdō contexts), 艮 (ushitora, specific to Onmyōdō contexts), 北東 (hokutō, "northeast" in general)
  2. [from 1675] a weak point, an undesirable place or thing or person
    Synonym: 苦手 (nigate)

References
  1. “鬼門”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “鬼門”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  3. “鬼門”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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