轆轤

轆轤

1. well pulley
2. windlass; winch
3. potter's wheel

From Chinese, most likely /luwklo/.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ろくろ [ròkúró] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) ろくろ​ [ròkúróꜜ] (Odaka – [0])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) ろ​くろ [róꜜkùrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

轆轤 (hiragana ろくろ, rōmaji rokuro)

1. a rotating device used for wood and metal works; a lathe
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 5, page 79:

     轆轤 圓轉機也 [...] 鋋 路久魯賀奈 [...] 轆轤之裁刀也

   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 539)

     Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 轆轤師の使う轆轤. Rocuroni caqete fiqu. (轆轤にかけて挽く) 轆轤で細工する.

2. a potter's wheel
   • 「２基の轆轤を、土の種類によって使い分けています。」
3. the part of an umbrella that holds all stretchers and facilitates opening and closing; a runner
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 539)

     Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 日傘の内側にある轆轤.

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