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
For pronunciation and definitions of ふみえ – see the following entry.
【章枝】
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, ふみえ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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