ふみえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
踏み絵
踏絵

From 踏(ふ)み (fumi, “stepping”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 踏(ふ)む (fumu, “to step”)) + 絵(え) (e, “drawing”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふみえ [fùmíé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟mʲie̞]

Noun

ふみえ • (fumie) ←ふみゑ (fumiwe)?

  1. (historical) "stepping drawing:" a board depicting Christ or Mary, used by officials to persecute hidden Christians by demanding suspected Christians to step on it

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふみえ – see the following entry.
【章枝】
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, ふみえ (fumie), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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