案山子
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JapaneseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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案 | 山 | 子 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
⟨so2podo2⟩ → /sopodo/ → /sofodo/ → /sowodo/ → /soːdo/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
案山子 (hiragana そおど, rōmaji sōdo, historical hiragana そほど)
- a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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案 | 山 | 子 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
/sopodo/ → /sopodu/ → /sofod͡zu/ → /sowod͡zu/ → /soːzu/
Shift from sōdo above, ancient sopodo.[1][2]
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
案山子 (hiragana そおず, rōmaji sōzu, historical hiragana そほづ)
- a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)
Etymology 3Edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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案 | 山 | 子 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
Thr 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 嗅がす (kagasu, “to smell”).
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
案山子 (hiragana かがし, rōmaji kagashi)
- a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
- (by extension) a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)
Etymology 4Edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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案 | 山 | 子 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
/kaɡaɕi/ → /kakaɕi/
From kagashi above.
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
案山子 (hiragana かかし, rōmaji kakashi)
- a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
- (by extension) a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)
Derived termsEdit
Proper nounEdit
案山子 (hiragana かかし, rōmaji Kakashi)
- a female given name
Etymology 5Edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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案 | 山 | 子 |
あん Grade: 4 |
さん > ざん Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From the on'yomi reading of the kanji spelling.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
案山子 (hiragana あんざんし, rōmaji anzanshi)
- a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
- (by extension) a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)
Proper nounEdit
案山子 (hiragana あんざんし, rōmaji Anzanshi)
- a female given name