Etymology

kudan

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Today it means: A yokai with the head of a human and the body of a bovine. Full definition →

Japanese 件
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from件
  2. English todaykudan

Borrowed from Japanese 件 (kudan), which consists of the two radicals 亻 (“person”) + 牛 (“cow”).

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