蝙蝠扇

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠 扇
かわほり おうぎ
Grade: S
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 蝙蝠 (kawahori, “bat”, the animal) +‎ 扇 (ōgi, “fan”, device for creating a breeze). So named for the way the outspread fan vaguely resembles a bat's outspread wings.[1][2][3]

First cited to 1015.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かわほりお​ーぎ [kàwáhórí óꜜògì] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ho̞ɾʲi o̞ːɡʲi]

Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) • (kawahori ōgi) ←かはほりあふぎ (kafafori afugi)?

  1. [from 1015] (literally, “bat fan”) a kind of folding paper fan

References
  1. “蝙蝠扇”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “蝙蝠扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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