Word Meaning 鬼神

きじん kijin

鬼神 is read as きじん (kijin) and means fierce god.

Meaning

English

  1. fierce god

Reading

Kana

きじん

Romaji

kijin

Writing Variants

  • 鬼神 おにがみ onigami
  • 鬼神 きしん kishin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 1135 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼の女房に鬼神

おにのにょうぼうにきじん

a horrible man will find a horrible wife

牛鬼蛇神

ぎゅうきだしん

wicked and perverse

神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments

神算鬼謀

しんさんきぼう

inscrutable stratagem

神鬼

しんき

fierce god

知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼

しらぬかみよりなじみのおに

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly