Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kancho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
kan-cho
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prank among children in East Asia in which one's fingers form the shape of a gun and one tries to ram them into the anal region of an unsuspecting person.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese カンチョー (kanchō), from 浣腸 (“enema; to give an enema”), from 浣 (“to wash, washing”) + 腸 (“bowels”).

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What does kancho mean?
A prank among children in East Asia in which one's fingers form the shape of a gun and one tries to ram them into the anal region of an unsuspecting person.
Where does kancho come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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