平打ち

Reading

Kana: ひらうち

Romaji: hirauchi

Definitions

noun

1

blow striking with the flat of the sword

2

to slap

See also: 平手打ち

3

metal flattened by striking

4

tape; flat braid

5

type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers

See also: 簪

Kanji

平

Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-

Meanings: even, flat, peace

打

Readings: ダ、 ダアス、 う.つ、 う.ち-、 ぶ.つ

Meanings: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen