てかせ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
手枷 手械 手桎 手梏 梏

Alternative forms

• てがせ (tegase)

Etymology

Alteration from older form てかし (tekashi), itself a compound of 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 架(か)す (kasu, “to bridge, to join two sides”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てかせ [téꜜkàsè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ka̠se̞]

Noun

てかせ • (tekase) ^{←てかせ (tekase)?}

1. handcuffs

See also

• 足枷(あしかせ) (ashikase)