rokkaku
English edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 六角 (“six corners, hexagon”).
Noun edit
rokkaku (plural rokkakus)
- A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite.
- 2010, James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, Small-Format Aerial Photography, page 104:
- Rokkakus may be somewhat unstable in near-surface ground turbulence, but once aloft they are remarkably smooth […]
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
rokkaku