Word Meaning 御高祖頭巾

おこそずきん okosozukin

御高祖頭巾 is read as おこそずきん (okosozukin) and means okoso-zukin.

Meaning

English

  1. okoso-zukin
  2. kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji

Reading

Kana

おこそずきん

Romaji

okosozukin

Writing Variants

  • お高祖頭巾 おこそずきん okosozukin

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 154973 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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御祖師様

おそしさま

the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)

頭巾

ずきん

tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)

大黒頭巾

だいこくずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

防空頭巾

ぼうくうずきん

air-raid hood

焙烙頭巾

ほうろくずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by elders and monks)

くくり頭巾

くくりずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

丸頭巾

まるずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

黒頭巾

くろずきん

black hood

赤頭巾

あかずきん

Little Red Riding Hood

防災頭巾

ぼうさいずきん

disaster hood

捨て頭巾

すてずきん

hood made useless by the warmer weather of spring

兜頭巾

かぶとずきん

helmet-shaped hood