奇し

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟sɨɕi]

奇(くす)し • (kusushi) ^†-shiku

1. [from 766] (obsolete) mystical
2. [from 1004] (obsolete) devoting to a religion in honor

• 奇(くすし)祝(いわい)言(ごと) (kusushīwaigoto, obsolete)
• 奇(くす)しがる (kusushigaru, obsolete)

• 薬(くすり) (kusuri)

Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720) in the term 奇(くし)御(み)魂(たま) (kushimitama, “a mystical spirit”). Possibly related to kusushi above.^[1]

• (Tokyo) くし [kúꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɕi]

奇(く)し • (kushi) ^†-shiku

1. [from 720] (archaic) mystical; mysterious; unusual

• 奇(くし)御(み)魂(たま) (kushimitama, “a mystical spirit”)
• 奇(く)しき (kushiki, “mystical”, attributive)
• 奇(く)しくも (kushiku mo, “perchance”)
• くしぶ (kushibu, “to be in a mystical state”, obsolete)

• “^△奇し”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026