へのへのもへじ

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Japanese

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へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji): the traditional face drawn using the characters , , , and .

Etymology

From the hiragana characters used to draw it. The first two he are the eyebrows, the two no are the eyes, the mo is a nose, and the last he is the mouth. The outline of the face is made by the character shi, with the ear formed by the two short strokes of the dakuten (a diacritic indicating a voiced sound, here turning shi into ji).

Pronunciation

Noun

へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji

  1. a face drawn using the hiragana characters (he), (no), (mo), and (ji)
    • 2004, 古野宣雄 [Nobuo Furuno], , →ISBN, page 151:
      (いえ)(ちか)くにあった(はたけ)(たな)にカボチャがなっていて、(ちい)さいうちに、へのへのもへじ()いておくと、(おお)きくなった(とき)(おお)きな(きず)になっていて、(だれ)()けたかすぐ(わか)ってしまって、(こま)ったことあったよネ—」
      “Ie no chikaku ni atta hatake no tana ni kabocha ga natteite, chīsai uchi ni, henohenomoheji o kaiteoku to, ōkiku natta toki, ōki na kizu ni natteite, dare ga tsuketa ka sugu wakatteshimatte, komatta koto atta yo ne—”
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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN