這う子

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 這う子 – see the following entry.

【這子ほうこ】	[noun] a crawling baby [noun] a protective charm for babies, made as a doll in the form of a baby, and intended to take on any misfortune in the real baby's stead [noun] (rare) Synonym of 犬蓬 (inu yomogi, “Artemisia keiskeana, a kind of mugwort or wormwood”)
【這子はうこ】	[noun] a crawling baby [noun] a protective charm for babies, made as a doll in the form of a baby, and intended to take on any misfortune in the real baby's stead [noun] (rare) Synonym of 犬蓬 (inu yomogi, “Artemisia keiskeana, a kind of mugwort or wormwood”)

(This term, 這う子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)