井桁
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 井 | 桁 |
| い Grade: 4 |
けた > げた Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
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Etymology
Compound of 井 (i, “well, as in a water source”) + 桁 (keta, “beam, girder”), from the way that four stout wooden beams would be crossed to form the top of a wellhead, similar in shape to a tic-tac-toe board.
The keta changes to geta as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a puteal: a wellhead for a water well, traditionally consisting of a wooden enclosure framed along the top, and possibly bottom, with stout wooden beams crossed at the ends
- the symbols #, ＃, or ♯
- a pattern similar to the symbol #, such as the shape of the crossed beams on a beam or coffered ceiling
- a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family seal”) featuring such a symbol
- the number four in the argot of fishmongers
- an advanced remodelling technique for the chassis of a miniature four-wheel-drive racing model, consisting of a reinforcement similar in shape to a traditional Japanese wellhead
Proper noun
- a surname
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN