Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shikigami

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: shikiga-mi
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.

Etymology

From Japanese 式(しき)神(がみ) (shikigami).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does shikigami mean?: A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.
Where does shikigami come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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