羽子板

Japanese
Kanji in this term
羽 子 板
は
Grade: 2		 こ > ご
Grade: 1		 いた
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 羽子 (hago, “shuttlecock”, literally “feathered little thing”) +‎ 板 (ita, “board”, in reference to the paddles used to hit the shuttlecock).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

羽(は)子(ご)板(いた) • (hagoita) 

  1. a hagoita: a rectangular wooden paddle used to play hanetsuki (traditional Japanese battledore, similar to badminton); often painted with a colorful image and used as an ornament in modern Japan: see 羽根突き (hanetsuki) for more

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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