軍手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
軍	手
ぐん Grade: 4	て Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 軍(ぐん) (gun, “military”) + 手(て) (te, “hand”). Short for 軍用手袋(ぐんようてぶくろ) (gun'yō tebukuro, literally “gloves for military use”)[1][2] or 軍隊手袋(ぐんたいてぶくろ) (guntai tebukuro, literally “military gloves”)[3], due to pioneering usage by the Japanese navy.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐんて [gùńté] (Heiban – [0])[4]
IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ᵝnte̞]

Noun

軍(ぐん)手(て) • (gunte) (historical kana ぐんて)

thick cotton work glove

References

“軍手”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
“軍手”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
“軍手”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1] “軍手”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

[2] “軍手”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[3] “軍手”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN