短冊
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 短 | 冊 |
| たん Grade: 3 |
さく > ざく Grade: 6 |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 短尺 短籍 |


Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 短 (tan, “short”) + 冊 (saku, “writable object”).
The saku changes to zaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [tã̠nd͡za̠kɯ̟]
- (Tokyo) たんざく [tàńzákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) たんざく [tàńzákúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) たんざく [tàńzáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
Noun
[edit]- tanzaku; A small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata.
- A vertical card on which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written.
- A thin strip of cloth before the middle perforation of, for example, a cuff.
- synonym of スリップ (surippu): a transliteration of the English word 'slip'
- (historical, colloquial) synonym of 一分金 (ichibukin), a rectangular gold coin worth one 分 (bu, one-fourth of a ryō)
- short for 短冊形 (tanzaku-gata): a thin rectangle
- short for 短冊箱 (tanzaku-bako): a box in which tanzaku or tea utensils are stored.
- A small twisted piece of paper used in the lottery.
- Synonym: 捻り文 (hineribumi)
- (hanafuda) A playing card depicting a tanzaku (strip of paper) attached to the plant corresponding to the card's suit.
Derived terms
[edit]
Etymology 2
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 短 | 冊 |
| たん Grade: 3 |
しゃく > じゃく Grade: 6 |
| goon | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 短尺 短籍 |
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 短 (tan, “short”) + 冊 (shaku, “writable object”).
The shaku changes to jaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (rare) Same as たんざく (tanzaku) above
- a kind of 指物 (sashimono, “small banner worn by soldiers for identification during the Sengoku period”)
Derived terms
[edit]- 重ね短冊 (kasane tanjaku)
References
[edit]- “短冊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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- Japanese terms spelled with 短 read as たん
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- Japanese terms with rendaku
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