弓弦

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Chinese[edit]

a bow (weapon) bow string; string of mus. instr.
simp. and trad.
(弓弦)

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

弓弦

  1. bowstring

Japanese[edit]

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弓弦 (yuzuru, yumizuru, yunzuru): a traditional Japanese bowstring and 弦巻 (tsurumaki, woven bowstring winder).

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
つる > づる
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Compound of (yu, bow) +‎ (tsuru, string, line).[1] The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Probably the original reading, given the etymology of the yu and yumi readings for .

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(づる) (yuzuru

  1. a bowstring
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2638:
      ; text here
      梓弓 末之腹野尓 鷹田為 君之弓食之 将絶跡念甕屋
      梓弓 末のはら野に 鳥狩する 君が弓弦の 絶えむと思へや
      あづさゆみ すゑのはらのに とがりする きみがゆづるの たえむとおもへや
      Azusa yumi / sue no harano ni / togari suru / kimi ga yuzuru no / taemu to omoe ya
      Think about your bowstring snapping as you go off hunting birds in the far fields with your catalpa bow
Idioms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
ゆみ
Grade: 2
つる > づる
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Compound of (yumi, bow) +‎ (tsuru, string, line).[1] The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Probably a later reading, given the etymology of the yu and yumi readings for .

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ゆみ)(づる) (yumizuru

  1. a bowstring
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
ゆみ > ゆん
Grade: 2
つる > づる
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/jumizuru//junzuru/

Alteration from yumizuru reading.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ゆん)(づる) (yunzuru

  1. a bowstring

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN