小芥子

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 小芥子 – see the following entry.

[noun] a small handmade wooden doll with a spherical head and cylindrical body without limbs, originally from the 東北 (Tōhoku) region

(This term, 小芥子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), literally “small poppy”.