短冊

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3
さく > ざく
Grade: 6
kan'on
Alternative spellings
短尺
短籍
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短冊 (tanzaku): small and colorful strips of paper hung onto small trees during the Tanabata festival

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements (tan, short) +‎ (saku, writable object).

The saku changes to zaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(たん)(ざく) (tanzaku

  1. a small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata
  2. a vertical card on which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written
  3. a thin strip of cloth before the middle perforation of, for example, a cuff
  4. Synonym of スリップ (surippu): a transliteration of the English word 'slip'
  5. (historical, colloquial) Synonym of 一分金 (ichibukin) a rectangular gold coin worth one (bu, one-fourth of a ryō)
  6. Short for 短冊形 (tanzaku-gata): a thin rectangle
  7. Short for 短冊箱 (tanzaku-bako): a box in which tanzaku or tea utensils are stored.
  8. a small twisted piece of paper used in the lottery
    Synonym: 捻り文 (hineribumi)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3
しゃく > じゃく
Grade: 6
goon
Alternative spellings
短尺
短籍

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements (tan, short) +‎ (shaku, writable object).

The shaku changes to jaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(たん)(じゃく) (tanjaku

  1. (rare) Same as たんざく (tanzaku) above
  2. a kind of 指物 (sashimono, small banner worn by soldiers for identification during the Sengoku period)
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN