玄翁
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 玄 | 翁 |
| げん Grade: S |
おう > のう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 玄能 |
Etymology
[edit]Supposedly named after 玄翁心昭 (Gennō Shinshō, “Shinshō Gennō”), sometimes spelled 源翁心昭, who according to legend, used one of these to smash the 殺生石 (Sesshōseki, “Killing Stone”).[1] The ō reading for 翁 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).
Noun
[edit]- a large hammer with a flat face and convex face; a sledgehammer
References
[edit]- ^ “玄翁”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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