うちわ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
団扇
団扇 (uchiwa, dansen): a Japanese rigid hand fan.

Compound of 打ち (uchi, “hitting; batting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 打つ utsu, “to hit, to bat”) +‎ 羽 (wa, “wing”). The kanji are an example of jukujikun.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

うちわ • (uchiwa) ←うちは (utifa)?

  1. a rigid hand fan that does not fold
  2. short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a rigid fan used for military signaling
  3. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring an uchiwa design
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
内輪

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うちわ [ùchíwá] (Heiban – [0])[2][4]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕiɰᵝa̠]

Noun

うちわ • (uchiwa) ←うちは (utifa)?

  1. inner circle of people, or family
Derived terms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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