禊

禊 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火手竹大 (IFQHK), four-corner 3723₄, composition ⿰礻契(GHT) or ⿰示契(JK))

1. semiannual ceremony of purification

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 844, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24760
• Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2404, character 1
• Unihan data for U+798A

禊

1. (historical) purification ceremony held in spring and autumn

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: みそぎ (misogi, 禊); はらう (harau, 禊う)^{←はらふ (farafu, 禊ふ, historical)}

• 御(ご)禊(けい) (gokei)
• 禊萩(ミソハギ) (misohagi)

禊 (misogi): a man performing misogi at night under a waterfall at Tsubaki Grand Shrine.

From Old Japanese, though the original pronunciation of the initial miso is likely unknown.

The term itself is derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 禊ぐ (misogu, “to perform ablutions (on someone)”, archaic).[1]

Some sources[1][2] suggest that this might be derived further from a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) + 注ぎ (sosogi, “pouring over, into, onto”), or alternatively from 水 (mi, “water”) + 注ぎ (sosogi, “pouring over, into, onto”). Considering that 身 had an ancient reading of ⟨mi₂⟩, while 水 had an ancient reading of ⟨mi₁⟩, the latter is a better potential match.

• (Tokyo) みそぎ [mìsógí] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
• (Tokyo) みそぎ​ [mìsógíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [mʲiso̞ɡʲi]

禊(みそぎ) • (misogi) 

1. (Shinto) a form of ritual purification performed with water; compare English ablution
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 11, poem 501)

     恋(こひ)せじと御(み)手洗(たらし)川(がは)にせしみそぎ神(かみ)はうけずぞなりにけらしも

     koiseji to mitarashigawa ni seshi misogi kami ni ukezu zo narinikerashi mo

     Longing [or “loving”] no more and purified by ritual ablution at the river of cleansing, the gods seemed to accept it not at the end.

2. (Shinto, particularly) a purification ritual held in shrines on the last day of the sixth lunar month
   • 1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 3, poem 192; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 98)

     風(かぜ)そよぐならの小(を)川(がは)の夕(ゆふ)暮(ぐ)れはみそぎぞ夏(なつ)のしるしなりける

     kaze soyogu Nara-no-ogawa no yūgure wa misogi zo natsu no shirushi narikeru

     Rustling winds among the oak [leaves] at river Nara dusk-eventime; the lustration rites are but a sign ’tis still summertime.

• 禊(みそぎ)川(がわ) (misogigawa)
• 禊(みそぎ)教(きょう) (Misogi-kyō)
• 禊(みそぎ)祓(はらえ) (misogi-harae)

• → English: misogi

• 夏越(なご)しの祓(はらえ) (nagoshi no harae)

禊(みそぎ)する • (misogi suru) transitive suru (stem 禊(みそぎ)し (misogi shi), past 禊(みそぎ)した (misogi shita))

1. to perform ritual purification or ablutions on someone
   • 1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 3, poem 191)

     吉(よし)野(の)川(がは)かはかみ早(はや)く御秡(みそぎ)してしらゆふ花(ばな)のかずまさるらし

     Yoshino-gawa kawanami hayaku misogi shite shirayūbana no kazu masarurashi

     While doing the water purification rites at the fast-flowing Yoshino river, the white mulberry trees grow their flowers immensely.

禊(みそぎ) • (Misogi) 

1. a female given name

禊 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

1. a semiannual ceremony of purification

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 禊ぐ (MISOG-, “to perform ablutions (on someone)”).[1]

禊 (MISOGI₁) (kana みそぎ)

1. a form of ritual purification performed with water; compare English ablution
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, first variant poem 626; first variant:

     君爾因言之繁乎古鄕之明日香乃河爾潔身爲爾去

     ki₁mi₁ ni yo₂ri ko₂to₂ no₂ sige₂ki₁ wo purusato₁ no₂ Asuka-no₂-kapa ni misogi₁ si ni yuku

     Since thy speeches became more frequent, I’d go [back] to the old capital doing purification in the Asuka river.

     Note: Another variant has the red text replaced with 龍田超三津之濱邊爾 (...Tatuta ko₁ye Mi₁tu no₂ pamabe₁ ni..., “...pass by Tatsuta and [go do purification in] the shores of Mitsu.”).

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2403:

     玉久世淸川原身秡爲齊命妹爲

     tamakuse no₂ ki₁yo₂ki₁ kapara ni misogi₁ site ipapu ino₂ti pa imo ga tame₂ ko₂so₂

     In the jeweled shallows [as if] a clear riverbed, I do the water purification rites for a blessed life and for the sake of my beloved.

• Japanese: 禊 (misogi)

禊: Hán Nôm readings: hễ

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