双節棍

See also: 雙節棍 and 双节棍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぬんちゃく
Grade: S Grade: 4 Hyōgai
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
雙節棍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku),[1] from Hokkien 兩節棍/雙節棍 / 两节棍/双节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んちゃく [nùńchákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nɯ̟̃ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

双節棍(ぬんちゃく) or 双節棍(ヌンチャク) • (nunchaku

  1. (weaponry) nunchuck

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN