分銅
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 分 | 銅 |
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown. Given the kan'yōyomi of dō for the 銅 character, probably a Japanese coinage from Sinitic elements, as a compound of 分 (fun, a unit of weight, roughly 375 milligrams) + 銅 (dō, “copper”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
分銅 (hiragana ふんどう, romaji fundō)
- 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 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 (ふんどうざ, 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 (ふんどうざくら, fundōzakura): a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of a 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”), with each petal depicted using a fundō shape
External links[edit]
分銅 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
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]
分銅 (hiragana ふんどん, romaji fundon)
- 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]
Alteration from fundō, using the go'on reading of bun for the 分 character.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
分銅 (hiragana ぶんどう, romaji bundō)
- a weight
Derived terms[edit]
- 分銅秤 (ぶんどうばかり, bundōbakari) a balance scale
References[edit]
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
