へのへのもへ
Japanese
Etymology
From the hiragana characters used to draw it.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) へのへのもへ [héꜜnòhènòmòhè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [he̞no̞he̞no̞mo̞he̞]
Noun
へのへのもへ (rōmaji henohenomohe)
- a face drawn using the hiragana characters he (へ), no (の), he (へ), no (の), mo (も), and he (へ)
- 2008, 久保田裕道, 「日本の神さま」おもしろ小事典: 氏神、道祖神から狛犬、ナマハゲまで, PHP研究所, →ISBN, page 28:
- も、顔の部分だけ皮を削って、「へのへのもへ」のような簡単な顔を描くだけなのですが……。
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
Usage notes
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.
Related terms
- へのへのもへじ
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN