Plane - Kanna

Japanese: 鉋 - かんな

〘Noun〙 (A variation of "kana (plane)") A tool used to shave the surface of timber to make it flat and smooth. A saoganna is shaped like the curved tip of a spear, while a okeganna is used by barrel carpenters and has a wide blade with handles on both ends and is used by pushing. Nowadays, it is usually called a dai-ganna, which has a blade fitted at an angle into a hard wooden base. Kana. ※Engishiki (927), 4: "The central pillar of the _main hall is taken and _{a single} offering is made. (abbreviation) One knife and one spear." ※Muncho Diary (1530-31): "The chopsticks made of old timber are no match for a plane." [Etymology] "Kana" appears in "Shinsen Jikyo," "Jukanbon Wamyosho," and "Iroha Jiruisho," while both "Kanna" and "Kana" appear in "Kanchiin Hon Myogisho." Both forms appear in "Setsuyoshurui," but "Kanna" is more common. "Nippo Jisho" lists "Canna," but both forms are used in compound words.

Kana [plane]

〘 noun 〙 A tool used to cut and smooth lumber. Before the Muromachi period, it referred to a "spear-shaped plane" that resembled the tip of a spear. [Shinsen Jikyo (around 898-901)] *Daikyo (before the 12th century) 2 "The artisans, who were very rude and timid, left the place and went out."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「かな（鉋）」の変化した語) 材木の面を削って平らに、また、なめらかにするための工具。やりがんな（さおがんな）は、槍の穂先の反(そ)ったような形、突きがんな（桶がんな）は、桶大工などの用いるもので刃が広く、両端に柄があり、押して用いる。現今、ふつうには、台がんなをいい、堅い木の台に、刃を傾けてはめこんである。かな。※延喜式（927）四「採_二正殿心柱_一祭〈略〉小刀子一枚、鉇一枚」※宗長日記（1530‐31）「いそのかみ古材木のはしばしと手をのかんなに及ばぬは」[語誌]「新撰字鏡」や「十巻本和名抄」「色葉字類抄」には「カナ」、「観智院本名義抄」には「カンナ」「カナ」両形がみえる。節用集類にも両形がみえるが「カンナ」の方が多い。「日葡辞書」では「Canna(カンナ)」を掲出するが、複合語には両形が用いられている。