Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
れい
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
啞鈴 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of () (a, dumb) + (れい) (rei, bell), calque of English dumbbell. Used by Isawa Shūji (伊沢修二) in 『教育学』 (Kyōikugaku [Pedagogy], 1882).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(れい) (arei

  1. dumbbell

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Chinese: 啞鈴哑铃 (yǎlíng)
  • Korean: 아령 (aryeong)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN