酒天童子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酒	天	童	子
しゅ Grade: 3	てん Grade: 1 (ateji)	どう Grade: 3	し > じ Grade: 1
goon		kan’yōon	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 酒天童子 – see the following entry.

【酒呑童子しゅてんどうじ】 [proper noun] (mythology, Japanese mythology) an 鬼 (oni, “ogre; demon”) who dwelled in 大江山 (Ōeyama, “Mount Ōe”) and kidnapped women and children and stole money in the city Alternative spelling 酒顛童子

(This term, 酒天童子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)