Kiriko is a famous Japanese character from Overwatch, but her name also has some interesting meanings. In this article we are going to delve deeper into the word kiriko and its homonyms.
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Who is Kiriko in Overwatch?
Kiriko is a ninja who has healing abilities and is aided by a kitsune spirit. She is capable of throwing protective suzus to protect her allies and kunai to attack her enemies. Kiriko is a friend of the Shimada family and has trained under Genji and Hanzo in the past.
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Her full name is Kiriko Kamori written with the ideograms [瀹跺畧] Kaomori and [闇у瓙] Kiriko. Her family name Kaomori means protector of the home, where [瀹圿 means protect and [瀹禲 means home.
Kiriko is composed of [闇 meaning "fog" or "mist", and [瀛怾 meaning "child" or "daughter". Therefore, the general meaning of [闇у瓙] is "daughter of fog" or "daughter of mist". Thus representing his power to disappear and teleport.
Meaning of Kiriko in Japanese
Because it is a word with many Kanji homonyms, the name of the character Kiriko may have also been chosen with the aim of living up to the following words:
- [鍒囥倞绮塢 - Wood or metal chips left after cutting with a saw, etc.
- [鍒囥倞瀛怾 - Facet; faceted object.
- [鍒囥倞杈糫 - Verb that means to cut deeply [鍒囥倞杈笺個].
Meaning of Kiriko's Ultimate
What does the phrase Kiriko says when using her special ult against enemies mean? Now let's see the meaning of Kitsune no kagidzume o tokihanate!
鐙愩伄閴ょ埅銈掕В銇嶆斁銇 Kitsune no kagidzume o tokihanate!
- 鐙 - Fox
- 閴ょ埅 - Claws
- 閴 - Hook
- 鐖 - Claw
- 瑙ｃ亶鏀俱仸 - Launch; Release;
- 瑙 - Solve; unravel; to understand; to respond; explain
- 鏀俱仸 - Release; free.
The phrase can be literally translated as: Release the fox's claws!
