螺鈿

See also: 螺钿

Chinese

		aquatic snail	gold inlaid work
trad. (螺鈿)		螺	鈿
simp. (螺钿)		螺	钿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luódiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lê-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luódiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luódiàn
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-tien⁴
    • Yale: lwó-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luodiann
    • Palladius: лодянь (lodjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: lê-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le'dien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ tiɛn³³/

Noun

螺鈿

1. (art) mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer

Japanese

螺鈿 (raden): mother-of-pearl inlay in lacquer.

Kanji in this term
螺	鈿
ら Jinmeiyō	でん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 螺鈿／螺钿 (lwa dien, literally “conch, spiral snail + inlay”). Compare modern Mandarin 螺鈿／螺钿 (luódiàn, “mother-of-pearl inlay”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らでん [ràdéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ら​でん [ráꜜdèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠dẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

螺(ら)鈿(でん) • (raden) 

1. mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer

Synonyms

• 貝磨(かいすり) (kaisuri), 貝磨(かいす)り (kaisuri)
• 青貝塗(あおがいぬり) (aogai nuri), 青貝塗(あおがいぬ)り (aogai nuri)

See also

• 青貝(あおがい) (aogai): mother of pearl (the material)
• 真珠層(しんじゅそう) (shinjusō): mother of pearl (the material)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN