石敢當 (いしがんとー) — 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 | Kakuso

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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

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

いし, セキ, シャク

口

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)

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)

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

當

bear, accept, undertake...

あ.たる, あ.てる, トウ

𫩠

龸

小

ちい.さい, こ-, ショウ

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

口

くち, コウ, ク

田

rice field, rice paddy

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