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): [ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲie̞]

Noun

ふみえ • (fumie) ←ふみゑ (fumiwe)?

  1. (historical) "stepping drawing:" a board depicting Christ or Mary, which officials used to discover Christians, who would refuse to step on it

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
章枝

Proper noun

ふみえ • (Fumie) 

  1. 章枝: a female given name

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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