大黒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	黒
だい Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大黑 (kyūjitai)

大黒

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

大(だい)黒(こく) • (Daikoku) 

1. (Shinto, たいこく) Daikokuten, Japanese name for the Hindu god Mahākāla

   Synonym: 大黒天 (Daikokuten)

Related terms

• 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
• 寿老人 (Jurōjin): the god of longevity.
• 恵比須 / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
• 布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
• 弁才天 / 弁財天 (べんざいてん, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
• 吉祥天 (Kitsushōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
• 毘沙門 / 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten): the god of warriors.

See also

• 大黒 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Daikoku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia