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

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

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

石敢當
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
當
bear, accept, undertake...
あ.たる, あ.てる, トウ
𫩠
龸
小
little, small
ちい.さい, こ-, ショウ
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
田
rice field, rice paddy
た, デン
書

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