Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haniwa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hani-wa
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.

Etymology

From Japanese 埴輪 (haniwa).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 埴輪

Inflected Forms

haniwas (plural)

Questions

What does haniwa mean?: A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.
Where does haniwa come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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