分銅

Etymology 1
Uncertain. Given the kan'yōyomi of dō for the character, probably a Japanese coinage from 🇨🇬-derived elements, as a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) a metal weight, often made of copper, used in a balance scale; traditionally had a kind of hourglass shape
 * 2) any gold or silver ingot cast in an hourglass shape; such ingots were formerly kept as emergency savings
 * 3)  a
 * 4) any other weight used with a balance scale
 * 5) a  in the shape of a stylized fundō weight

Derived terms

 * : the weights guild: tasked by the shogunate with standardizing weights and controlling their manufacture and distribution; abolished in February 1876
 * : a in the shape of a, with each petal depicted using a fundō shape

Etymology 2
Alteration from fundō. Non-standard reading of don for may indicate influence from early 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬 readings (modern tóng and tung²), or perhaps more likely, influence from an early version of 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a fundō weight
 * 2) a silver weight or  tied to the end of a bit of string, used in a
 * 3) a shape that is pinched in the middle like a fundō weight

Etymology 3
Alteration from fundō, using the goon reading of bun for the character.

Noun

 * 1) a weight

Derived terms

 * : a balance scale