掛物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掛	物
か(け) Grade: S	もの Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 掛(か)け物(もの) (kakemono)

Etymology

掛(かけ) (kake, “hanging”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Noun

掛(かけ)物(もの) • (kakemono) 

1. A hanging scroll, a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall; a wall hanging.

Coordinate terms

• 巻(まき)物(もの) (makimono): a scroll that unrolls horizontally.

Derived terms

• 掛(かけ)物(もの)掛(か)け (kakemono kake): a hanging rod.

See also

• 掛物 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Wall hanging on Wikipedia.Wikipedia