狛犬
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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狛 | 犬 |
こま Hyōgaiji |
いぬ Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From 高麗 (Koma, “Goguryeo; Korea”) + 犬 (inu, “dog”).
Noun
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ItsukushimaKomainu7375.jpg/220px-ItsukushimaKomainu7375.jpg)
- A lion-dog or shrine dog; a guardian statue seen in temples. Usually found in pairs, one on either side of an entryway, one with the mouth open to represent the syllable a or the start of things, and the other with the mouth closed to represent the syllable un or the end of things (similar to the phrase alpha and omega).
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 狛 read as こま
- Japanese terms spelled with 犬 read as いぬ
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters