巫

sorcerer; medium; shrine maiden

7 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• みこ (kun reading): 巫女 (みこ) miko; 巫女舞 (みこまい) shrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)
• かんなぎ (kun reading): 巫 (かんなぎ) medium
• フ (on reading): 巫覡 (ふげき) shaman; 巫者 (ふしゃ) virgin consecrated to a deity

Components

• 工
• 从
• 人 radical person
• 工 radical craft

Kanji containing 巫

• 嗇 miserly
• 筮 (water) divining equipment
• 覡 diviner
• 誣 slander
• 鵐 unmottled quail
• 靈 soul

Words using 巫

• 巫女 (みこ) miko
• 巫女舞 (みこまい) shrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)
• 巫女寄せ (みこよせ) spiritism
• 梓巫女 (あずさみこ) female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow
• 巫 (かんなぎ) medium
• 巫覡 (ふげき) shaman
• 巫者 (ふしゃ) virgin consecrated to a deity
• 巫術 (ふじゅつ) shamanism
• 巫祝 (ふしゅく) shrine maiden
• 雲雨巫山 (うんうふざん) sexual liaison

13 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists