這子

Japanese

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Hoko (doll)

Alternative spelling
這う子

/hauko/ → /hɔːko/ → /hoːko/

Originally a compound of 這う (hau, “to crawl”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

這(ほう)子(こ) • (hōko) ^{←はふこ (fafuko)^?}

a crawling baby
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
(rare) Synonym of 犬蓬 (inu yomogi, “Artemisia keiskeana, a kind of mugwort or wormwood”)

(protective doll):

Alternative spelling
這う子

Compound of 這う (hau, “to crawl”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

這(はう)子(こ) • (hauko) ^{←はふこ (fafuko)^?}

a crawling baby
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
(rare) Synonym of 犬蓬 (inu yomogi, “Artemisia keiskeana, a kind of mugwort or wormwood”)

This reading appears to be less common for the doll and dog mugwort senses.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN