蝙蝠扇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝙	蝠	扇
かわほり		おうぎ Grade: S
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji	おうぎ Grade: S
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 蝙蝠 (kawahori, “bat”, the animal) +‎ 扇 (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

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

Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) • (kawahori ōgi) ^{←かはほりあふぎ (kafafori afugi)^?}

[from 1015] (literally, “bat fan”) a kind of folding paper fan

References

“蝙蝠扇”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
“蝙蝠扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] “蝙蝠扇”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[DDJS-2] “蝙蝠扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN