欄間
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 欄 | 間 |
| らん Grade: S |
ま Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 欄 (ran, “railing; column”, in reference to the vertical railings or columns of screens used in early transoms) + 間 (ma, “space, gap”).[1][2][3][4]
First attested from 1563.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
欄間 • (ranma)
- [from 1563] a decorative wood carving or screen in the transom or lintel above a doorway in Japanese architecture (note that the use of sliding panel doors may mean that the transom is essentially as long as the wall)
Derived terms
- 欄間窓 (ranma mado, “transom window”)
References
- ^ “欄間”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “欄間”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN