団扇

Japanese

団扇 (uchiwa, dansen): a Japanese rigid hand fan.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
団 扇
Grade: 5 Grade: S
Irregular

Compound of 打ち (uchi, “hitting; batting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 打つ utsu, “to hit, to bat”) +‎ 羽 (wa, “wing”). The kanji are an example of jukujikun.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

団扇 (hiragana うちわ, rōmaji uchiwa, historical hiragana うちは)

  1. a rigid hand fan that does not fold
  2. short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a rigid fan used for military signaling
  3. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring an uchiwa design
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
団 扇
だん
Grade: 5		 せん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 團扇 (dhuɑn syenH, literally “circle fan”). Compare modern Mandarin 團扇／团扇 (tuánshàn).

Pronunciation

Noun

団扇 (hiragana だんせん, rōmaji dansen)

  1. a rigid hand fan that does not fold
  2. short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a rigid fan used for military signaling

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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