蝙蝠扇

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かわほり おうぎ
Grade: S
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 蝙蝠 (kawahori, bat, the animal) +‎ (ōgi, fan, device for creating a breeze). So named for the way the outspread fan vaguely resembles a bat's outspread wings.[1][2][3]

First cited to 1015.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) わほりおーぎ [kàwáhórí óꜜògì] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ho̞ɾʲi o̞ːɡʲi]

Noun

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蝙蝠(かわほり)(おうぎ) (kawahori ōgiかはほりあふぎ (kafafori afugi)?

  1. [from 1015] (literally, bat fan) a kind of folding paper fan

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 蝙蝠扇”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 蝙蝠扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN