漉く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with 鋤く (suku, to hoe), from the sense of scooping material through a liquid,[1] and with 透く (suku, to be seen through; to have cracks through), from the sense of going through, as the liquid goes through the pulp in the straining phase.[2]

Probably also cognate with 掬う (sukuu, to scoop up), 救う (sukuu, to rescue).

Pronunciation

Verb

() • (suku) transitive godan (stem () (suki), past ()いた (suita))

  1. to make thin sheets of something by spreading out pulp and drying:
    1. to make paper
      和紙(わし)()
      washi o suku
      to make Japanese paper
    2. to make nori (thin sheets of dried seaweed, used to make sushi)

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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