See also: 手榴彈 and 手榴弹

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 1
りゅう
Hyōgaiji
だん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
手榴彈 (kyūjitai)
 
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Probably a compound of (shu, hand) +‎ 榴弾 (ryūdan, explosive shell).[1][2][3][4]

First cited with this reading to a text from 1922.[1]

It remains unclear whether this term was coined in Japanese originally, and then borrowed into Chinese and Korean, or if it was coined in Chinese originally, and borrowed into Japanese and Korean.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しゅ)(りゅう)(だん) (shuryūdanしゆりうだん (syuriudan)?

  1. [from 1922] a hand grenade
    Synonym: 手投げ弾 (tenagedan)
Usage notes edit

Some sources list shuryūdan as the main reading,[2] while others list te ryūdan as the main reading,[1][4][6] and others list both without preference.[5]

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
りゅう
Hyōgaiji
だん
Grade: S
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
手榴彈 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (te, hand) +‎ 榴弾 (ryūdan, explosive shell),[1][3] changing the reading of the first character (hand) to replace the Chinese-derived shu with the Japanese native reading of te.

First cited with this reading to a text from 1928.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(りゅう)(だん) (te ryūdanてりうだん (teriudan)?

  1. [from 1928] a hand grenade
    Synonym: 手投げ弾 (tenagedan)
Usage notes edit

Some sources list shuryūdan as the main reading,[2] while others list te ryūdan as the main reading,[1][4][6] and others list both without preference.[5]

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  6. 6.0 6.1 手榴弾”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998