裏箔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
裏 箔
うら
Grade: 6
はく
Jinmeiyō
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 裏 (ura, “back”) +‎ 箔 (haku, “foil”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うらはく [ùráhákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

裏(うら)箔(はく) • (urahaku) 

  1. (painting) the application of silk as a screen on metal foil, or the metal foil in that application

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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