Henohenomoheji

Example of Henohenomoheji

The word "henohenomoheji" (へのへの もへじ, "henohenomoheji"^?), commonly simplified to "heno-ji" or "henoji" (へのじ, "heno-ji" or "henoji" ^?), consists of the seven hiragana characters & #34;he, no, he, no, mo, he, ji", which are used to draw a face. The first two "he" are the eyebrows, the "no" are the eyes, the "mo" is the nose and the last "he" is the mouth The outline of the face is achieved by the character "ji". Japanese children use henohenomoheji as the faces of kakashi (scarecrow) and Teru teru bōzu.

The figure is also known as hehenonomoheji (へへののもへじ , hehenonomoheji^?) due to different ordering of the characters.

References in popular culture

The "henohenomoheji" is equivalent to "Kilroy Was Here (Kilroy was here)" Anglo-Saxon.^{[citation required]}

The "face" Japanese has made an appearance in various Japanese programs, anime and video games, for example, in the introduction of the chapters of the series Miss Comet, played by Yumiko Kokonoe, and in the series Ranma ½, Naruto, Tokyo Ghoul and Jujutsu Kaisen.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, the Normal Spell Card "Tricky Gift" ('White Elephant's Gift' in English and "Uma no Hone no Taika' in Japanese) shows in his illustration a bone with a henohenomoheji carved on it.