重籐の弓

Japanese
Kanji in this term
重 籐 弓
しげ
Grade: 3		 どう
Hyōgaiji		 ゆみ
Grade: 2
irregular goon kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 重籐 (shigedō, a black-lacquered archery bow wrapped in strips of rattan) +‎ の (no, “bow”, possessive particle) +‎ 弓 (yumi).[1][2]

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.[2]

First attested in The Tale of the Heike of the late 1100s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɡe̞do̞ː no̞ jɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

重(しげ)籐(どう)の弓(ゆみ) • (shigedō no yumi) 

  1. [from late 1100s] (weaponry) a black-lacquered archery bow wrapped in strips of rattan
    Synonyms: 重籐 (shigedō), (uncommon) 重籐弓 (shigedō yumi)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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