艪声

Japanese
Kanji in this term
艪 声
ろ
Hyōgaiji		 せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
艪聲 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 艪聲／艪声 (luX? syeng, literally “oar + sound”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ろせー [ròséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞se̞ː]

Noun

艪(ろ)声(せい) • (rosei) 

  1. the sound of rowing a boat, particularly the kind of boat with one single oar attached at the stern, rowed by pushing the oar back and forth

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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