Tanım
•a rigid hand fan that does not fold · clipping of 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa, “a rigid fan used for military signaling”) · a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring an uchiwa design
Etimoloji
Compound of 打(う)ち (uchi, “hitting; batting”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打(う)つ (utsu, “to hit, to bat”)) + 羽(わ) (wa, “wing”). The kanji are an example of jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)).