案山子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
案 山 子
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Irregular

⟨so2podo2⟩ → /sopodo/ → /sofodo/ → /sowodo/ → /soːdo/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [so̞ːdo̞]

Noun

案山子 (hiragana そおど, rōmaji sōdo, historical hiragana そほど)

  1. a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
案 山 子
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Irregular

/sopodo/ → /sopodu/ → /sofod͡zu/ → /sowod͡zu/ → /soːzu/

Shift from sōdo above, ancient sopodo.[1][2]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [so̞ːzɨᵝ]

Noun

案山子 (hiragana そおず, rōmaji sōzu, historical hiragana そほづ)

  1. a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
案 山 子
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Irregular

Thr 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 嗅がす (kagasu, “to smell”).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

  • 鹿驚

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

案山子 (hiragana かがし, rōmaji kagashi)

  1. a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
  2. (by extension) a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
案 山 子
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Irregular

/kaɡaɕi/ → /kakaɕi/

From kagashi above.

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

  • 鹿驚

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

案山子 (hiragana かかし, rōmaji kakashi)

  1. a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
  2. (by extension) a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)
Derived terms

Proper noun

案山子 (hiragana かかし, rōmaji Kakashi)

  1. a female given name

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
案 山 子
あん
Grade: 4		 さん > ざん
Grade: 1		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From the on'yomi reading of the kanji spelling.

Pronunciation

Noun

案山子 (hiragana あんざんし, rōmaji anzanshi)

  1. a foul scent placed in rice paddies to keep animals away
  2. (by extension) a scarecrow (doll placed in a rice field to scare away birds and animals)

Proper noun

案山子 (hiragana あんざんし, rōmaji Anzanshi)

  1. a female given name

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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