rokkaku

English

Etymology

From Japanese 六角 (“six corners, hexagon”).

Noun

rokkaku (plural rokkakus)

  1. A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite.
    • 2010, James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, Small-Format Aerial Photography, page 104:
      Rokkakus may be somewhat unstable in near-surface ground turbulence, but once aloft they are remarkably smooth […]

Japanese

Romanization

rokkaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ろっかく
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