唐鋏

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
はさみ > ばさみ
Hyōgai
kan'on kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

唐鋏: a pair of scissors with loop handles

(とう)(ばさみ) (tōbasamiたうばさみ (taubasami)?

  1. scissors; (specifically) scissors with two crossed blades, each ending in a loop; western-style scissors
    Hyponym: (hasami)
    • 2020 February 29, “Tōbasami”, in Ki no memo cho:
      それぞれのハサミはかつての(ちゅう)(ごく)(たい)(りく)から(うみ)(わた)って(はか)()へ、あるいは(たね)()(しま)(つた)わったとされている。そのため、これらはいずれも「(とう)(ばさみ)」(とうばさみ)と()ばれていた()()があったそうである。
      Sorezore no hasami wa katsute no Chūgoku tairiku kara umi o watatte Hakata e, arui wa Tanegashima ni tsutawatta to sareteiru. Sono tame, korera wa izure mo “tōbasami” (tōbasami) to yobareteita jiki ga atta sō dearu.
      Various scissors have come from mainland China across the sea to Hakata, or via Tanegashima, it is said. For this reason, this type has come to be called “China scissors” (tōbasami).

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN