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神官文字 (しんかんもじ, shinkanmoji) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

神しん官かん文も字じ

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Meanings

1

hieratic (ancient Egyptian script)

historical term

Historical term referring to the cursive writing system used by ancient Egyptian priests alongside hieroglyphs. Compare ヒエラティック.

See also: ヒエラティック

神しん官かん文も字じは古こ代だいエジプトで神しん

官かん

が

使つか

っ

た

書しょ

体たい

です

。

Hieratic is a script used by priests in ancient Egypt.

Kanji

神gods, mind, soul
官bureaucrat, the government, organ
文sentence, literature, style
字character, letter, word

Related words

ヒエラティック
Katakana loanword for the same script; 神官文字 is the native Japanese term used mainly in historical or academic contexts.

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神しん官かん+文も字じ

Etymology

Compound of 神官 (shinkan, 'priest') and 文字 (moji, 'script'), literally 'priest script'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a Japanese calque for the ancient Egyptian hieratic script.