:Kanchō

{{Short description|East Asian prank involving poking targets in the rear}}

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{{Nihongo||カンチョー|Kanchō}} is a prank performed by clasping the hands together in the shape of a finger gun and poking an unsuspecting anus, often while exclaiming "Kan-cho!"{{cite book|last1=Ashcraft|first1=Brian|last2=Snow|first2=Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wX8kAQAAIAAJ |title=Arcade Mania!: The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers|year=2008|publisher=Kodansha International|page=149|isbn=978-4-7700-3078-8}} (noting that the prank is popular among schoolchildren) It is a common prank in East Asian countries such as Japan.{{cite news|last=Tomochika|title='Kanchō!' wa ikite ita|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|date=31 May 2008}} In Korea, it is called {{Transliteration|ko|ttongchim}} ({{langx|ko|똥침}}),{{cite web|last=Garrido|first=Ben|title=Stranger in a strange land|url=http://www.newsreview.com/reno/stranger-in-a-strange-land/content?oid=1361861|work=Reno News & Review|date=28 January 2010|access-date=12 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531012338/http://www.newsreview.com/reno/stranger-in-a-strange-land/content?oid=1361861|archive-date=2011-05-31}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「カンチョー少年の像」の躍動感がハンパない|url=http://rocketnews24.com/2011/05/06/%E3%80%8C%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E5%83%8F%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E8%BA%8D%E5%8B%95%E6%84%9F%E3%81%8C%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84/|work=RocketNews24|date=6 May 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705110212/http://rocketnews24.com/2011/05/06/%E3%80%8C%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E5%83%8F%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E8%BA%8D%E5%8B%95%E6%84%9F%E3%81%8C%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84/|archive-date=2011-07-05}} and in China, {{Transliteration|zh|qiānnián shā}} ({{lang|zh|千年殺}}). The word "kanchō" is a slang adoption of the Japanese word for {{Nihongo|enema|浣腸|kanchō}}.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/opinion/24iht-edkumiko.html | work=The New York Times | title=My Un-American Son | first=Kumiko | last=Makihara | date=23 July 2009 | access-date=2010-05-07}} In accordance with widespread practice, the word is generally written in katakana when used in its slang sense and in kanji when used for enemas in the medical sense.

In English-speaking countries, the term "goosing" generally refers to a comparatively mild grabbing of the buttocks with the tips of the fingers and thumb in imitation of a harmless bite on the butt from a goose. However, the kanchō prank may also be known as "goosing".