土偶

Chinese

earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
accidental; image; pair
accidental; image; pair; mate
 
trad. (土偶)
simp. #(土偶)

Pronunciation


Noun

土偶

  1. clay idol; clay figurine

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ぐう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From (do, earth) +‎ (, idol).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぐう [dògúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ɡɯ̟ː]

Noun

()(ぐう) • (dogū

  1. clay figurine, (especially) one of the Jōmon (縄文) period

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN