重籐

Japanese
Kanji in this term
重 籐
しげ
Grade: 3		 どう
Hyōgaiji
irregular goon
Alternative spelling
滋籐

Etymology

Compound of 繁 (shige, “thick, frequent, close together”, the stem of adjective 繁い (shigei), in reference to the tight wrapping) +‎ 籐 (dō, “rattan”).[1][2] Might be encountered in some texts as shigetō, using the unvoiced kan'on reading for the second character.[3][4]

The 重 spelling for the shige portion could be analyzed as a kind of jukujikun (熟字訓), considering the "layers" sense of the kanji.

Attested from the late 1400s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

重(しげ)籐(どう) • (shigedō) 

  1. [from late 1400s] (weaponry) a black-lacquered archery bow wrapped in strips of rattan

Synonyms

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. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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