羅針盤

Japanese

A simple dry magnetic portable compass.

Kanji in this term
羅	針	盤
ら Grade: S	しん Grade: 6	ばん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Most likely from Middle Chinese compound 羅針盤 (MC la tsyim|tsyimH ban, “[magnetic] compass, lit. catching needle board”). Compare modern Mandarin 羅針盤／罗针盘.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らしんばん [ràshíńbáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ɕĩmbã̠ɴ]

Noun

羅(ら)針(しん)盤(ばん) • (rashinban) 

1. a compass, a mariner's compass

   Note that this term does not mean the kind of compass used to draw a circle.

Synonyms

• 羅針儀(らしんぎ) (rashingi)
• 羅盤(らばん) (raban)
• コンパス (​konpasu)

See also

• 羅針盤 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Mariner's compass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia