張り子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
張	子
は(り) Grade: 5	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
張子 張籠 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 張り (hari, “pasting something flat”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 張る (haru, “to paste something flat”)) +‎ 子 (ko, diminutive suffix). So called for the process of pasting layers of paper to a framework to build up the model.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はりこ [hàríkó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾʲiko̞]

Noun

張(は)り子(こ) • (hariko) 

1. papier-mâché

   Synonym: パピエ・マシェ (papie mashe)

Derived terms

• 張(はり)子(こ)貝(がい) (hariko-gai): a papier-mâché clam (generally used for holding incense)
• 張(は)り子(こ)の虎(とら) (hariko no tora): a paper tiger
• 張(はり)子(こ)鬘(かつら) (hariko katsura): a papier-mâché wig (used for costuming in 狂言 (kyōgen) comedy acts)