Derogatory prefix used in compounds like 醜女 (しこめ, 'ugly woman'). Rare and old-fashioned; not productive in modern Japanese.
See also: 醜女 (しこめ)
unworthy; insignificant; humble
Humble self-reference prefix, often as しこの. Found in archaic expressions like 醜の御楯 (しこのみたて, 'unworthy shield'). Extremely rare.
See also: 醜の御楯
strong and frightening thing
Archaic noun. Also written as 鬼. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.
The 醜 in 醜女 is an old prefix meaning 'ugly'.
In the old expression 醜の御楯, one humbly refers to oneself as しこの.
In classical Japanese, しこ can refer to something strong and frightening.
Rare prefix; the kanji 醜 is the primary written form, but the word itself is uncommon.
Alternate kanji for the archaic noun sense meaning 'strong and frightening thing'.
The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 醜 is conventionally associated with ugliness, while 鬼 is associated with demons or frightening things.