rokkaku

English

Etymology

From Japanese 六角 (“six corners, hexagon”).

Noun

rokkaku (plural rokkakus)

1. A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite.
   • 2010, James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, Small-Format Aerial Photography, page 104:

     Rokkakus may be somewhat unstable in near-surface ground turbulence, but once aloft they are remarkably smooth […]

Japanese

Romanization

rokkaku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろっかく