rokkaku

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noun

A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite.

OriginJapanese 六角 →
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Meanings

nounrokkaku (plural rokkakus)

plural rokkakus

  1. A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite.

    Rokkakus may be somewhat unstable in near-surface ground turbulence, but once aloft they are remarkably smooth[…]

    2010, James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, Small-Format Aerial Photography, page 104

Origin

  1. Japanese六角“six corners, hexagon”
  2. Englishrokkaku

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

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APA

rokkaku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rokkaku

MLA

“rokkaku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rokkaku. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rokkaku,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rokkaku.

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