鉄扇

鉄扇

Japanese

鉄扇: a Japanese iron fan with wooden ribs

Kanji in this term
鉄	扇
てつ > てっ Grade: 3	せん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Apparently coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 鉄 (tetsu, “iron, steel”) +‎ 扇 (sen, “fan, folding fan”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) てっせん [tèsséń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [te̞sːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

鉄扇 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鐵扇, hiragana てっせん, rōmaji tessen)

1. (weaponry) a Japanese war fan

   Various types existed, including folding fans with blades of wood and ribs of metal, folding fans with ribs of wood and blades of metal, folding fans made entirely of metal, solid fans made of both wood and metal or entirely of metal, and a variety made of metal and used more like a truncheon, but made to look like a folded fan. See the Wikipedia article for more.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鉄扇術 (てっせんじゅつ) (tessenjutsu)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN