猩々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猩 猩
しょう
Hyōgai 		しょう > じょう
Hyōgai
goon
Alternative spelling
猩猩

Noun

猩(しょう)々(じょう) • (shōjō) 

  1. (Chinese mythology) a alcohol loving ape with long red hair and a human face
  2. a heavy drinker
  3. (theater) Nō mask of a red faced young man
  4. synonym of オランウータン (oranūtan, “orangutan”)

Derived terms

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