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竪子 (たてご, tatego) Japanese meaning: lattice | Kotomora
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Kanji 子 child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM Related words 格こう 子し 格子 is a general term for lattice or grating, used in windows, doors, and fences. 竪子 specifically refers to the vertical members or pattern in a shoji screen.
組くみ 子こ 組子 are the thin wooden pieces assembled to form shoji lattice patterns. 竪子 emphasizes the vertical orientation of those pieces.
Etymology Compound of 竪 (tate, 'vertical') and 子 (ko, 'small thing' or 'child'), referring to the vertical strips in a lattice. The reading たてご is a specialized architectural term with limited modern use.
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竪たて 子ご の 間かん 隔かく を 均きん 等とう に 揃そろ える の は 熟じゅく 練れん の 技わざ が いる 。
Evenly spacing the vertical lattice strips requires skilled technique.
