玄翁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄	翁
げん Grade: S	おう > のう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
玄能

Etymology

Supposedly named after 玄(げん)翁(のう)心(しん)昭(しょう) (Gennō Shinshō, “Shinshō Gennō”), sometimes spelled 源翁心昭, who according to legend, used one of these to smash the 殺(せっ)生(しょう)石(せき) (Sesshōseki, “Killing Stone”). The ō reading for 翁 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

玄(げん)翁(のう) • (gennō) ^{←げんをう (gen'wou)?}

1. a large hammer with a flat face and convex face; a sledgehammer

   Hypernyms: 金槌 (kanazuchi), ハンマー (hanmā), 槌 (tsuchi)