欄間
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 欄 | 間 |
| らん Grade: S |
ま Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | kun’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 欄間 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 欄 (ran, “railing; column”, in reference to the vertical railings or columns of screens used in early transoms) + 間 (ma, “space, gap”).[1][2][3][4]
First attested from 1563.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- [from 1563] a decorative wood carving or screen in the transom or lintel above a doorway in Japanese architecture (note that the use of sliding panel doors may mean that the transom is essentially as long as the wall)
Derived terms[edit]
- 欄間窓 (ranma mado, “transom window”)
References[edit]
- ^ “欄間”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “欄間”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 欄 read as らん
- Japanese terms spelled with 間 read as ま
- Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi
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- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
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