竹刀

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chinese

[edit]
bamboo knife
simp. and trad.
(竹刀)
Wikipedia has an article on:

Etymology

[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 竹刀(しない) (shinai).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

竹刀

  1. shinai (bamboo sword)
    Synonym: 竹劍竹剑

Japanese

[edit]
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
A shinai (竹刀)

Etymology 1

[edit]
Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
irregular

Originally a clipping of 撓い竹 (shinaidake)[1]: 撓い (shinai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 撓う (shinau, to bend)) + (take, bamboo).

The kanji are an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “attestation of shinai?”)

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

竹刀(しない) (shinaiしなひ (sinafi)?

  1. bamboo sword used in martial arts such as 剣道 (kendō)
Descendants
[edit]
  • English: shinai
  • Mandarin: 竹刀 (zhúdāo)

Etymology 2

[edit]
Kanji in this term
たけ
Grade: 1
かたな > がたな
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of (たけ) (take, bamboo) + (かたな) (katana, katana). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

(たけ)(がたな) (takegatana

  1. katana with a bamboo blade
  2. bamboo comb used to comb a horse's mane (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Synonyms
[edit]

Etymology 3

[edit]
Kanji in this term
ちく
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From the on'yomi reading of the kanji. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

(ちく)(とう) (chikutōちくたう (tikutau)?

  1. katana with a bamboo blade
  2. shinai (bamboo sword used in martial arts such as kendo)

References

[edit]
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN