座敷童子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座	敷	童	子
ざ Grade: 6	しき Grade: S	わらし
		Grade: 3	Grade: 1
goon	kun’yomi	jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 座敷童子 – see the following entry.

【座敷童ざしきわらし】 [noun] (Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house

(This term, 座敷童子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)