方舟
Chinese
square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just |
boat | ||
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simp. and trad. (方舟) |
方 | 舟 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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方 | 舟 |
はこ Grade: 2 |
ふね > ぶね Grade: S |
jukujikun | kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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箱船 箱舟 |
Etymology
箱 (hako, “box; chest; ark”) + 船 (fune, “ship; boat”). The spellings 箱船/箱舟 use the literal word for "box", while this spelling uses the Chinese 方 for the "squarish" shape of a box, as in 方形 (hōkei, “square”).
Pronunciation
See also
- 契約の箱 (Keiyaku no Hako, “Ark of the Covenant”)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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方 | 舟 |
Noun
方舟 • (bangju or McCune-Reischauer: pangju or Yale: pangcwu) (hangeul 방주)
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