Word Meaning 鬼頭

おにがしら onigashira

鬼頭 is read as おにがしら (onigashira) and means decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp.

Meaning

English

decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp

Reading

Kana

おにがしら

Romaji

onigashira

Writing Variants

纛おにがしら onigashira
纛とう tou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 126189 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きしん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしもじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼金目

おにきんめ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

鬼百合

おにゆり

tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium)

鬼の首を取ったよう

おにのくびをとったよう

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement)