大黒
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 黒 |
| だい Grade: 1 |
こく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 大黑 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [da̠iko̞kɯ̟]
Proper noun
大黒 • (Daikoku)
Related terms
- 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
- 寿老人 (Jurōjin): the god of longevity.
- 恵比須 / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
- 布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
- 弁才天 / 弁財天 (べんざいてん, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
- 吉祥天 (Kitsushōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
- 毘沙門 / 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten): the god of warriors.
See also
- 大黒 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Daikoku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia