Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hamon

/hˈæmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: ha-mon
IPA: /hˈæmən/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.

Etymology

From Japanese 刃文.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 刃文

Inflected Forms

hamons (plural)

Homonyms

hammon hamman hammen hammann

Rhymes With

salmon famine salman amman gammon ammon reexamine hammon ammann amann hamman sammon

Questions

How do you pronounce hamon?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈæmən/.
What does hamon mean?: A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
Where does hamon come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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