籠目

Japanese

籠目 (kagome): a kagome lattice.

Kanji in this term
籠	目
かご Grade: S	め Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 籠 (kago, “basket”) +‎ 目 (me, “eye, hole”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かごめ [kàgómé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞me̞]

Noun

籠(かご)目(め) • (kagome) 

1. A kagome lattice; an arrangement of laths composed of interlaced triangles such that each point where two laths cross has four neighboring points. Although called a lattice, it is more closely related to trihexagonal tiling than to a mathematical lattice.
2. Short for 籠目籠目(かごめかごめ) (kagome kagome): the "bird-in-the-cage"; a Japanese children's game, similar to English children's games, like tag and blind man's bluff.
3. Short for 籠目紋(かごめもん) (kagome mon): a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the shape of a six-pointed star, like the Star of David, appearing in the intersections of a kagome lattice in the design.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 籠目籠目(かごめかごめ) (kagome kagome): bird-in-the-cage
• 籠目紋(かごめもん) (kagome mon): a shape like the Star of David, appearing in the intersections of a kagome lattice