羽子板

Japanese
羽子板 (hagoita): a decorative hagoita or traditional Japanese battledore paddle.
Kanji in this term
羽 子 板
は
Grade: 2		 こ > ご
Grade: 1		 いた
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 羽子 (hago, “shuttlecock”, literally “feathered little thing”) +‎ 板 (ita, “board”, in reference to the paddles used to hit the shuttlecock).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

羽子板 (hiragana はごいた, rōmaji hagoita)

  1. a hagoita: a rectangular wooden paddle used to play hanetsuki (traditional Japanese battledore, similar to badminton); often painted with a colorful image and used as an ornament in modern Japan: see 羽根突き (hanetsuki) for more

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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