分銅
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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分 | 銅 |
ふん Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Uncertain. Given the kan'yōyomi of dō for the 銅 character, probably a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 分 (fun, a unit of weight, roughly 375 milligrams) + 銅 (dō, “copper”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a metal weight, often made of copper, used in a balance scale; traditionally had a kind of hourglass shape
- any gold or silver ingot cast in an hourglass shape; such ingots were formerly kept as emergency savings
- (obsolete, slang) a 二朱銀 (nishugin, “Edo-period coin of refined silver”)
- any other weight used with a balance scale
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of a stylized fundō weight
Derived terms
[edit]- 分銅座 (Fundō-za): the weights guild: tasked by the Edo shogunate with standardizing weights and controlling their manufacture and distribution; abolished in February 1876
- 分銅桜 (fundō-zakura): a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of a 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”), with each petal depicted using a fundō shape
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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分 | 銅 |
ふん Grade: 2 |
どん Grade: 5 |
on'yomi | irregular |
Alteration from fundō. Non-standard reading of don for 銅 may indicate influence from early Mandarin or Cantonese readings (modern tóng and tung²), or perhaps more likely, influence from an early version of Korean 銅 (dong).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a fundō weight
- a silver weight or 橙 (daidai, “bitter orange”) tied to the end of a bit of string, used in a 宝引き (hōbiki, a kind of lottery or draw straws)
- a shape that is pinched in the middle like a fundō weight
Etymology 3
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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分 | 銅 |
ぶん Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Alteration from fundō, using the [[呉音#Japanese|goon]] reading of bun for the 分 character.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a weight
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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