"竹刀" meaning in Japanese

See 竹刀 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕina̠i] Forms: 竹刀 [canonical] (ruby: 竹刀(しない)), shinai [romanization], sinafi [romanization], しなひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Originally a clipping of 撓い竹 (shinaidake): 撓い (shinai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 撓う (shinau, “to bend”)) + 竹 (take, “bamboo”). The kanji are an example of jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{jukujikun|sort=しない}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しない|hhira=しなひ}} 竹刀(しない) • (shinai) ^(←しなひ (sinafi)?)
  1. bamboo sword used in martial arts such as 剣道 (kendō)
    Sense id: en-竹刀-ja-noun-3Xit0MEX Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ta̠ke̞ɡa̠ta̠na̠] Forms: 竹刀 [canonical] (ruby: (たけ), (がたな)), takegatana [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 竹(たけ) (take, “bamboo”) + 刀(かたな) (katana, “katana”). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|竹|たけ|刀|かたな|sort=たけがたな|t1=bamboo|t2=katana}} 竹(たけ) (take, “bamboo”) + 刀(かたな) (katana, “katana”), {{sortkey|ja|竹刀}} しない, {{rendaku2|katana|gatana}} The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|たけがたな}} 竹(たけ)刀(がたな) • (takegatana)
  1. katana with a bamboo blade
    Sense id: en-竹刀-ja-noun-VTde1iD~
  2. bamboo comb used to comb a horse's mane Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-竹刀-ja-noun-lvRgooHb Disambiguation of Weapons: 20 3 47 3 27 Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (sword): 竹光 (takemitsu) (ruby: (たけ), (みつ))
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'sword': 0 0

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕikɯ̟to̞ː] Forms: 竹刀 [canonical] (ruby: (ちく), (とう)), chikutō [romanization], tikutau [romanization], ちくたう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From the on'yomi reading of the kanji. Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちくとう|hhira=ちくたう}} 竹(ちく)刀(とう) • (chikutō) ^(←ちくたう (tikutau)?)
  1. katana with a bamboo blade
    Sense id: en-竹刀-ja-noun-VTde1iD~1
  2. shinai (bamboo sword used in martial arts such as kendo)
    Sense id: en-竹刀-ja-noun-AWot2RWh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 15 5 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 6 15 6 64 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 6 15 6 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 13 24 13 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 10 21 10 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 6 16 6 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "glosses": [
        "shinai (bamboo sword used in martial arts such as kendo)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shinai",
          "shinai"
        ],
        [
          "bamboo",
          "bamboo#English"
        ],
        [
          "sword",
          "sword#English"
        ],
        [
          "kendo",
          "kendo#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちくとー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕikɯ̟to̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "竹刀"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 竹刀 meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "竹刀",
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}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "竹刀",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "竹刀",
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "竹刀",
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}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "竹刀"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "竹刀",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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