Source Word
分銅
Hiragana
ふんどう
Noun
obsolete
slang
Japanese Meaning
分銅（ふんどう）は、てんびんなどで質量を量る際に基準となる金属製のおもりのこと。主に真鍮や銅などで作られ、ひょうたん形・砂時計形など特徴的な形状をしている。
Easy Japanese Meaning
てんびんで物の重さをはかるための、小さくて重い金ぞくのかたまり
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
天平上使用的金属砝码，多为铜制。 / 传统上呈沙漏状的砝码。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
天平或秤用的金屬砝碼，多為銅製。 / 傳統常呈沙漏形的秤重錘。
Korean Meaning
저울의 추 / 구리 등 금속으로 만든 저울용 추 / 모래시계형의 전통 저울추
Indonesian
pemberat logam (sering tembaga) untuk timbangan neraca / anak timbangan tradisional berbentuk jam pasir
Vietnamese Meaning
quả cân (thường bằng đồng) dùng trên cân thăng bằng / vật nặng chuẩn bằng kim loại, truyền thống có dạng giống đồng hồ cát
Tagalog Meaning
pabigat na metal na ginagamit sa timbangan / pansukat na bigat para sa balanse / tradisyonal na tansong pabigat na hugis-orasan
Sense（1）
a metal weight, often made of copper, used in a balance scale; traditionally had a kind of hourglass shape
Sense（2）
any gold or silver ingot cast in an hourglass shape; such ingots were formerly kept as emergency savings
Sense（3）
(obsolete, slang) a 二朱銀 (nishugin, “Edo-period coin of refined silver”)
Sense（4）
any other weight used with a balance scale
Sense（5）
a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of a stylized fundō weight
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