三狐神

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三 狐 神
み
Grade: 1
(ateji) 		けつ
Hyōgai
(ateji) 		かみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Ateji (当て字) spelling of 御(み)食(け)津(つ)神(かみ) (miketsukami)

For pronunciation and definitions of 三狐神 – see the following entry: 御食津神

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三 狐 神
さ
Grade: 1 		ぐ
Hyōgai 		じ
Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Shift from さんこしん (sankoshin), the on'yomi pronunciation of the characters in 三(み)狐(けつ)神(かみ) (miketsukami) above.[1]

Noun

三(さ)狐(ぐ)神(じ) • (saguji) 

  1. god of rice paddies and crop fields
  2. alternative form of 御食津神 (Miketsukami)

References

  1. ^ “三狐神”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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