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桁端 (こうたん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

桁こう端たん

Meanings

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noun

yardarm

Nautical term for the outer end of a yard on a sailing ship. Domain-specific vocabulary.

船せん員いんは桁こう端たんに登のぼって帆ほを調ちょう整せいした。
The sailor climbed up to the yardarm to adjust the sail.

Kanji

桁beam, girder, spar
端edge, origin, end

Similar words

帆ほ桁げた
帆桁 refers to the entire yard (the horizontal spar), while 桁端 specifically means the outer end of that spar.

Etymology

Compound of 桁 (keta, 'beam, spar') and 端 (tan, 'end, edge'). The reading こうたん is the on'yomi of both characters.