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jmdict 1574875 Active (id: 2292425)
鯱鉾
しゃちほこしゃっちょこ (鯱)さちほこ (鯱)
1. [n]
▶ 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]
▶ 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:
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...>
4. A* 2022-05-03 00:40:48  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs, prog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shachihoko
https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/shachihoko.html
  Diff:
@@ -23 +23,7 @@
-<gloss>mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)</gloss>
+<gloss>shachihoko</gloss>
+<gloss>shachi</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">mythical animal with the head of a lion and the body of a fish</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)</gloss>
3. A 2011-08-16 05:56:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Probably neither.
  Diff:
@@ -16,1 +16,0 @@
-<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
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