鯱鉾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鯱 鉾
しゃち
Hyōgai 		ほこ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鯱鉾 – see the following entry.
【鯱しゃちほこ】H
[noun] (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
[noun] synonym of 鯱瓦 (shachihoko-gawara, “decorative tiles placed at the end of a roof-beam in the shape of shachihoko”)
[noun] synonym of 松毬魚 (matsukasa-uo, “Japanese pinecone fish, Monocentris japonica”)
(This term, 鯱鉾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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