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屏風

屏風

See also: 屏风

Chinese

 
(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back
 
wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (屏風)
simp. (屏风)

Noun

屏風

  1. folding screen (temporary partition)
    屏風 / 屏风   fàng shàng píngfēng   to put up a screen

Japanese

屏風 (byōbu): a folding screen from the 17th century
Kanji in this term
びょう
Hyōgaiji
ふ > ぶ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 屏風 (beng pjuwng). Compare modern simplified Mandarin 屏风 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.

Pronunciation

Noun

屏風 (hiragana びょうぶ, romaji byōbu, historical hiragana びやうぶ)

  1. a folding screen

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9