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剥片石器 (hakuhensekki) Japanese meaning: flake tool | Kotomora

剥はく片へん石せっ器き

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Meanings

1

flake tool

Archaeological term for a stone tool made from a flake struck from a core.

この遺い跡せきからは多おおくの剥はく片へん石せっ器きが出

しゅつ

土ど

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た

。

Many flake tools were excavated from this site.

Kanji

剥come off, peel, fade
片one-sided, leaf, sheet
石stone
器utensil, vessel, receptacle
剝come off, peel, fade

Related words

石せっ核かく石せっ器き
Refers to core tools, made by shaping the core itself, as opposed to flake tools struck from a core.

Built from

剥はく片へん+石せっ器き

Written forms

剥はく片へん石せっ器き
Standard kanji spelling using the modern form 剥.
剝はく片へん石せっ器き
Variant using the older form 剝; less common in modern texts.

Etymology

Compound of 剥片 (flake, from 剥 'peel off' and 片 'piece') and 石器 (stone tool).