爼

爼 U+723C, 爼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723C ← 爻 [U+723B] CJK Unified Ideographs 爽 → [U+723D]

Translingual

Han character

爼 (Kangxi radical 89, 爻+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大大月一 (KKBM), composition ⿰爻且)

Derived characters

• 𦵔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 690, character 19
• Unihan data for U+723C

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 爼 – see 俎 (“sacrificial altar; stand or vessel for meat and food sacrifice; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 俎).

Japanese

Kanji

爼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: まないた (manaita, 爼)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
爼
まないた Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
俎 爼板 俎板 真魚板 まな板

Compound of 真魚 (mana, “fish”) +‎ 板 (ita, “board”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まないた [mànáítá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠na̠ita̠]

Noun

爼(まないた) • (manaita) 

1. a board used to cut fish in meal preparation
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 6, page 33:

     俎 史記云、人爲刀俎、我爲魚肉、俎音阻、末奈以太

     Chopping board The Records of the Grand Historian say, people made knives and chopping blocks, and killed for fish and meat, chopping board- sound so, manaita

2. more generally, a board used to cut food; a cutting board
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 382:

     Manaita. マナイタ (俎板・末那板) 料理の時その上で切ったり刻んだりする板.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 切盤(きりばん) (kiriban)
• 菜板(さいばん) (saiban)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.