鶴嘴

Japanese
鶴嘴 (tsuruhashi): a pickaxe, a mattock.
Kanji in this term
鶴 嘴
つる
Grade: S		 はし
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鶴 (tsuru, “crane”) +‎ 嘴 (hashi, “beak, bill”), from the resemblance of the tool to a crane's bill.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

鶴(つる)嘴(はし) or 鶴嘴(ツルハシ) • (tsuruhashi) 

  1. a pickaxe, a pick, a mattock

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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