Word details

絵馬

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 絵馬.

Dictionary

Entry

絵馬えうまNounFreq #42976
1

Buddhism; Shinto

votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

picture, drawing, painting, sketch

12 strokesFrequency 895JLPT N2Grade 2

On

カイ

horse

10 strokesFrequency 639JLPT N2Grade 2

On

Kun

うまうま-

Nanori

ばん

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