はうこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はうこ – see the following entry.

[noun] a protective charm for babies, made as a doll in the form of a baby, and intended to take on any misfortune in the real baby's stead

[noun] (rare) alternate name for 犬蓬 (inu yomogi, literally “dog mugwort”): Artemisia keiskeana, a kind of mugwort or wormwood

Alternative spelling
這う子

(This term, はうこ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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