玄翁

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄 翁
げん
Grade: S 		おう > のう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
玄能
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Etymology

Supposedly named after 玄(げん)翁(のう)心(しん)昭(しょう) (Gennō Shinshō, “Shinshō Gennō”), sometimes spelled 源翁心昭, who according to legend, used one of these to smash the 殺(せっ)生(しょう)石(せき) (Sesshōseki, “Killing Stone”). The ō reading for 翁 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

玄(げん)翁(のう) • (gennō) ←げんをう (gen'wou)?

  1. a large hammer with a flat face and convex face; a sledgehammer
    Hypernyms: 金槌 (kanazuchi), ハンマー (hanmā), 槌 (tsuchi)

References

  1. ^ “玄翁”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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