竹刀

Japanese

A shinai (竹刀)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
竹 刀
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
Irregular

Originally a clipping of 撓い竹 (shinaidake)[1]: 撓い (shinai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 撓う (shinau, “to bend”)) + 竹 (take, “bamboo”).

The kanji are an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

竹刀 (hiragana しない, rōmaji shinai, historical hiragana しなひ)

  1. bamboo sword used in martial arts such as 剣道 (kendō)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
竹 刀
たけ
Grade: 1		 かたな > がたな
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 竹 (たけ) (take, “bamboo”) + 刀 (かたな) (katana, “katana”). The katana of 刀 changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

竹刀 (hiragana たけがたな, rōmaji takegatana)

  1. katana with a bamboo blade; takemitsu
  2. bamboo comb used to comb a horse's mane (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Synonyms

  • (sword): 竹 (たけ)光 (みつ) (takemitsu)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
竹 刀
ちく
Grade: 1		 とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From the on'yomi reading of the kanji. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

竹刀 (hiragana ちくとう, rōmaji chikutō, historical hiragana ちくたう)

  1. katana with a bamboo blade; takemitsu
  2. bamboo sword used in martial arts such as 剣道 (kendō); shinai

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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