Etymology

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Today it means: A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite. Full definition →

Japanese 六角
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from六角“six corners, hexagon”
  2. English todayrokkaku

From Japanese 六角 (“six corners, hexagon”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.