亥の子餅

いのこもち

Meanings

1. Noun day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains) See also: 亥の子の祝 (いのこのいわい).

Kanji

• 亥 sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac. Read as い.
• 子 child
• 餅 mochi. Read as もち.

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