Kettle - Kettle

Japanese: やかん(薬缶) - やかん
Kettle - Kettle
A type of kettle. It is a container with a spout and handle like a clay pot or iron pot, especially those made of copper, brass, or anodized aluminum, and is characterized by its quick boiling. The character for "yakukan" first appeared in literature in 1444 (Bun'an 1) in the Gegakushu, and the word "yakan" is the pronunciation of this yakukan. In the Edo period, it was also called yukan. As the name suggests, a kettle was originally a tool for boiling medicines, but when a separate medicine pot came to be used for boiling medicines, it is said that in the Edo period, kettles came to be used exclusively for boiling tea.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
湯わかし具の一種。土瓶(どびん),鉄瓶と同じように注口(つぎぐち)と鉉(つる)をもった容器で,特に銅,黄銅,アルマイトなどで作ったものをいい,湯のわきが早いことを特徴とする。〈薬缶〉の文字がはじめて文献に見えるのは1444年(文安1)の《下学集》で,〈やかん〉の語はこの薬缶の字音で,江戸時代には湯缶とも呼ばれていた。やかんはその名の示すように,もと薬を煎(せん)じる道具であったが,薬を煮るために別な薬鍋(くすりなべ)が用いられるようになって,江戸時代にはやかんはもっぱら湯茶をわかすものとなったといわれている。

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