重籐

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
重	籐
しげ Grade: 3	どう Hyōgaiji
irregular	goon

Alternative spelling
滋籐

Etymology edit

Compound of 繁 (shige, “thick, frequent, close together”, the stem of adjective 繁い (shigei), in reference to the tight wrapping) +‎ 籐 (dō, “rattan”).^[1]^[2] Might be encountered in some texts as shigetō, using the unvoiced kan'on reading for the second character.^[3]^[4]

The 重 spelling for the shige portion could be analyzed as a kind of jukujikun (熟字訓), considering the "layers" sense of the kanji.

Attested from the late 1400s.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) しげどー [shìgéꜜdòò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞do̞ː]

Noun edit

重(しげ)籐(どう) • (shigedō)

[from late 1400s] (weaponry) a black-lacquered archery bow wrapped in strips of rattan

Synonyms edit

重籐弓(しげどうゆみ) (shigedō yumi)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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