額銘

Japanese
Kanji in this term
額 銘
がく
Grade: 5		 めい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 額 (gaku, “frame”) +‎ 銘 (mei, “inscription”).

Pronunciation

Noun

額銘 (hiragana がくめい, rōmaji gakumei)

  1. (swords) an inscription where a blade is shortened and a rectangular metal piece bearing the original inscription is cut out from the removed portion and embedded in the new tang

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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