戎
戎: Ebisu (luck god)
Ebisu (luck god); warrior; arms
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Readings
On
ジュウ
Kunえびす・つわもの
Almost always read えびす: the god of commerce, as in 十日戎 and 戎橋. The on-reading ジュウ ('arms, warriors') is literary.
Key words
戎えびすEbisu (god of commerce)
十日戎とおかえびすEbisu festival (Jan 10)
今宮戎いまみやえびすImamiya Ebisu (Osaka shrine)
戎橋えびすばしEbisu Bridge (Osaka)
Example sentences
一月の十日戎には、商売繁盛を願う人が神社に集まる。
At the Tōka Ebisu festival in January, people gather at shrines to pray for thriving business.
大阪へ行ったら、戎橋の上で写真を撮りたい。
When I go to Osaka, I want to take a photo on Ebisu Bridge.
商店の入り口に、鯛を抱えた戎の像が置いてある。
A statue of Ebisu holding a sea bream stands at the shop entrance.