Vocabulary
いしがんとう石敢当 いしがんとう石敢当 いしがんとう石敢当

Meaning

ishigantō stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads and on stone walls etc. in southern Kyūshū and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chinese custom

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Component Analysis

石敢当
ishigantō, stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyūshū and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chinese custom
いしがんとう
石
stone
いし, セキ, シャク
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
敢
daring, brave, bold...
あ.えて, あ.えない, カン
攻
aggression, attack, criticize...
せ.める, コウ
工
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ, ク, グ
攵
( 攴 ) strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク
𠂉
乂
mow, cut grass, subdue
おさ.める, か.る, ガイ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
𤮺
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
ふた, ふた.つ, ニ
当
hit, right, appropriate...
あ.たる, あ.たり, トウ
⺌
( 小 )
彐
( 彑 ) snout, pig's head radical (no. 58)
ケイ
書

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