矩かね

noun

carpenter's square

A traditional L-shaped ruler used in carpentry and woodworking to mark right angles and straight lines. Also referred to as 矩尺 (かねじゃく).

See also: 曲尺

• 大だい工くは矩かねを使つかって柱はしらが直ちょっ角かくかどうか確たしかめた。

  The carpenter used a carpenter's square to check whether the pillar was at a right angle.

noun

upside-down mirrored L-shape (in traditional shop logos)

A specific graphic symbol shaped like ┐, often combined with another character in traditional merchant emblems. Frequently written in katakana as カネ in this context.

• この老舗しにせの看かん板ばんには、屋や号ごうとカネのマークが描えがかれている。

  On the signboard of this long-established shop, the shop name and the カネ mark are drawn.

noun

perpendicularity; straightness; model; standard

Archaic abstract meanings derived from the carpenter's square as a symbol of correctness. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、「矩かね」が正ただしさの基き準じゅんを表あらわすことがある。

  In old documents, 矩 can represent a standard of correctness.