拳銃

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
じゅう
Grade: S
kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
けん銃
 拳銃 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (ken, fist) +‎ (, gun).

Appeared in 五国対照兵語字書 (Gokoku Taishō Heigo Jisho) of 1881 as a translation of French pistolet.

Pronunciation

Noun

(けん)(じゅう) (kenjūけんじゆう (kenzyuu)? (counter )

  1. (firearms) a handgun
    Synonyms: ピストル (pisutoru), 短銃 (tanjū)

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References

  1. ^ 五国対照兵語字書 〔本編〕”, in 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション (National Diet Library Digital Collections), 参謀本部, 1881 February 8, page 740
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 拳銃”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

拳銃 (gwonchong) (hangeul 권총)

  1. Hanja form? of 권총 (pistol, handgun).