弁柄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弁	柄
べん Grade: 5	がら Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Borrowing of Dutch Bengala (“Bengal”),[1] as red iron oxide was imported from Bengal in the Edo period.

The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

Alternative forms

紅殻

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) べんがら [bèńgárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [bẽ̞ŋɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

弁柄 (hiragana べんがら, katakana ベンガラ, rōmaji bengara)

red iron oxide

Derived terms

紅殻 (べにから) (benikara)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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