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]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN