Kannagi, written with the Chinese character "巫", can also be written "神和ぎ", which literally means 'appeasing the god', and when a human being is a yorishiro, the term 'yorimashi' is used.
巫（かんなぎ）とは神和ぎとも表記し、人が依り代であることをあらわす、この場合は依巫（よりまし、憑巫・尸童）という。