蝙蝠扇

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠 扇
かわほり おうぎ
Grade: S
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 蝙蝠 (kawahori, “bat”, the animal) +‎ 扇 (ōgi, “fan”, device for creating a breeze). So named for the way the outspread fan vaguely resembles a bat's outspread wings.[1][2][3]

First cited to 1015.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) • (kawahori ōgi) ←かはほりあふぎ (kafafori afugi)?

  1. (literally, “bat fan”) a kind of folding paper fan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “蝙蝠扇”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “蝙蝠扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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