Word Meaning 庚申塚

こうしんづか koushinzuka

庚申塚 is read as こうしんづか (koushinzuka) and means roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys).

Meaning

English

  1. roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)

Reading

Kana

こうしんづか

Romaji

koushinzuka

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 153898 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

庚申月

こうしんづき

Metal Monkey month

庚申待

こうしんまち

kōshin-machi

庚申

かのえさる

Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)

庚申講

こうしんこう

kōshin-machi association

庚申薔薇

こうしんばら

China rose (Rosa chinensis)

かのえ

7th in rank

貝塚

かいづか

shell heap

一里塚

いちりづか

milestone (1 ri apart)

つか

mound

円塚

まるづか

round burial mound

高塚

たかつか

tumulus

経塚

きょうづか

sutra mound