Kanji

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: warrior, arms, barbarian, Ainu

Kunyomi: えびす つわもの

Onyomi: ジュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: spear, halberd

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジュウキ hollyhock

ジュウバ warhorse

西 セイジュウ Xirong, Rong, inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE), barbarians to the west

東夷西 トウイセイジュウ barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)

Kunyomi Examples

えびす peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu), provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city), brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan), foreigner, barbarian

恵比寿 えびす Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce

十日 とおかえびす festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce