鉄扇

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鉄 扇
てつ > てっ
Grade: 3		 せん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵扇 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Apparently coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 鉄 (tetsu, “iron, steel”) +‎ 扇 (sen, “fan, folding fan”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鉄(てっ)扇(せん) • (tessen) 

  1. (weaponry) a Japanese war fan
    Various types existed, including folding fans with blades of wood and ribs of metal, folding fans with ribs of wood and blades of metal, folding fans made entirely of metal, solid fans made of both wood and metal or entirely of metal, and a variety made of metal and used more like a truncheon, but made to look like a folded fan. See the Wikipedia article for more.

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