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jmdict 1574875 Active (id: 2341294)
鯱鉾 [rK]
しゃちほこシャチホコ (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ shachihoko
▶ shachi
▶ [expl] mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1574870 鯱【しゃち】 2. shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being
  ⇐ see: 2064220 鯱瓦【しゃちほこがわら】 1. ridge-end tile with the figure of a shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)
  ⇐ see: 1578140 金鯱【きんしゃち】 1. golden shachihoko (ornament)
  ⇐ see: 2854450 金の鯱【きんのしゃち】 1. golden shachihoko (ornament)
2. [n] [uk]
▶ roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1574870 鯱【しゃち】 3. roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)



History:
9. A 2025-06-03 04:52:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2025-05-22 19:56:31  parfait8
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 金の鯱     │ 7,929 │ 40.2% │
│ 金の鯱鉾    │   544 │  2.8% │ add rK
│ 金のしゃちほこ │ 3,592 │ 18.2% │
│ 金のシャチホコ │ 7,656 │ 38.8% │ add
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
removed probably ok readings
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,6 +15,2 @@
-<reb>しゃっちょこ</reb>
-<re_restr>鯱</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>さちほこ</reb>
-<re_restr>鯱</re_restr>
+<reb>シャチホコ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
@@ -22,0 +20 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -28,0 +27 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
7. A 2024-02-23 10:20:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
References usually say tiger.
6. A* 2024-02-23 02:58:19 
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">mythical animal with the head of a lion and the body of a fish</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish</gloss>
5. A 2022-05-03 00:55:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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