"馬頭" meaning in Japanese

See 馬頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [me̞zɨ] Forms: 馬頭 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Mezu [romanization], Medu [romanization], めづ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa). Etymology templates: {{cal|ja|sa|अश्वशीर्ष|sort=こず'}} Calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|めず|hhira=めづ}} 馬(め)頭(ず) • (Mezu) ^(←めづ (Medu)?)
  1. (Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Horse-Head, one of the two guardians of hell Tags: Chinese, Japanese Related terms: 牛頭馬頭 (Gozu Mezu) (ruby: (), (), (), ()), 牛頭 (Gozu) (ruby: (), ()), 馬頭琴 (batōkin) (ruby: (), (とう), (きん)), 馬頭星雲 (Batō Seiun) (ruby: (), (とう), (せい), (うん)), 馬頭観音 (Batō Kannon) (ruby: (), (とう), (かん), (のん))
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Download raw JSONL data for 馬頭 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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