鉄扇
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鉄 | 扇 |
| てつ > てっ Grade: 3 |
せん Grade: S |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鐵扇 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Apparently coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 鉄 (tetsu, “iron, steel”) + 扇 (sen, “fan, folding fan”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (weaponry) a Japanese war fan
- Various types existed, including folding fans with blades of wood and ribs of metal, folding fans with ribs of wood and blades of metal, folding fans made entirely of metal, solid fans made of both wood and metal or entirely of metal, and a variety made of metal and used more like a truncheon, but made to look like a folded fan. See the Wikipedia article for more.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 鉄扇術 (tessenjutsu)
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN