イチョウ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of イチョウ – see the following entry.

【銀杏いちょう】 [noun] ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) [noun] an arrowhead in the shape of a ginkgo leaf [noun] Short for 銀杏頭 (ichō-gashira): an Edo-period hairstyle, with the topknot in the shape of a ginkgo leaf, today usually associated with higher-ranked sumo wrestlers [noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a motif of various styles of gingko leaves Alternative spellings 公孫樹, 鴨脚樹

(This term, イチョウ (ichō), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)