じじい

noun

  1. Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
じじい
子泣き爺 こなきじじい
こなき
子啼
じじい
子啼爺 こなきじじい
 
 
じじい
子なき爺 こなきじじい
 
 
 
 
子泣きじじい こなきじじい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
こ シ ス (1st, N5)
complete, finish
リョウ さとる (8th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
cry, weep, moan
な.く キュウ (4th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
old man, grampa
じい ヤ じじい (Kentei Pre-1)
father
ちち フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
question mark
ヤ ジャ か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)