額銘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
額	銘
がく Grade: 5	めい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 額 (gaku, “frame”) +‎ 銘 (mei, “inscription”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) がくめー [gàkúméé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

額銘 (hiragana がくめい, rōmaji gakumei)

(swords) an inscription where a blade is shortened and a rectangular metal piece bearing the original inscription is cut out from the removed portion and embedded in the new tang

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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