重籐の弓

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しげ
Grade: 3
どう
Hyōgai
ゆみ
Grade: 2
irregular goon kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 重籐 (shigedō, a black-lacquered archery bow wrapped in strips of rattan) +‎ (no, bow, possessive particle) +‎ (yumi).

The yumi is technically redundant, but is used to clarify the meaning, as shigedō is not a very common word in Japanese.

Might be encountered in some texts as shigetō no yumi, using the unvoiced kan'on reading for the second character.

First attested in The Tale of the Heike of the late 1100s.

Pronunciation

Noun

(しげ)(どう)(ゆみ) (shigedō no yumi

  1. (weaponry) a black-lacquered archery bow wrapped in strips of rattan
    Synonyms: 重籐 (shigedō), (uncommon) 重籐弓 (shigedō yumi)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN