三方

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 方
さん
Grade: 1 		ほう > ぼう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
三宝
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三方, 三宝 (sanbō): cedar stands with decorative cutouts, used for votive offerings.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese *三方 (MC sam pjang, literally “three + side; direction”). The stand sense likely arose from the way that three sides have decorative cutouts.

Pronunciation

Noun

三(さん)方(ぼう) or 三方(さんぽう) • (sanbō or sanpō) ←さんばう (sanbau)?

  1. three directions
  2. 三宝: a four-sided stand, usually made of cedar, on which a tray can be placed, with decorative holes on the front, left, and right sides of the stand; formerly used as a kind of one-person table at mealtimes, and now used mainly for votive offerings and other ceremonial purposes
  3. (dated) in traditional Japanese mathematics, synonym for 正三角形 (sei sankakukei, “equilateral triangle”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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