jmdict 2587700 Active (id#2354898)
枘
【 ほぞ 】
  1. [n] [uk] {architecture}
    • tenon
    • cog
    • pivot
    Cross references:
    • ⇔ see: 2587690 ほぞ穴 1. mortice; mortise
    • ⇐ see: 2866085 胴付き【どうづき】 1. plane area at the base of a tenon (in woodworking)
History:
    • A 2025-12-21 04:25:00 Jim Breen (id#2354898)
    • A* 2025-12-20 22:22:51 Robin Scott (id#2354877)
    • Comments
      The EJs gloss "dovetail" as ありほぞ. I don't think it's needed here.
ほぞ穴 gets significantly more web hits.
    • Diff
      @@ -12 +12 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2587690">ホゾ穴</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2587690">ほぞ穴</xref>
@@ -17 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>dovetail</gloss>
    • A 2024-01-09 04:27:32 Stephen Kraus (id#2287965)
    • Comments
      More popular form.
    • Diff
      @@ -12 +12 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2587690">ほぞ穴</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2587690">ホゾ穴</xref>
    • A 2024-01-09 04:18:59 Stephen Kraus (id#2287963)
    • Comments
      Not sure this needs to be [rK]. The [uk] tag is probably enough.
    • Refs
      Most kokugos have this word and kanji form.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 　枘接合 │    69 │ 23.4% │
│ ほぞ接合 │   155 │ 52.5% │
│ ホゾ接合 │    71 │ 24.1% │
├─ーーーー─┼───────┼───────┤
│ 　枘差し │    22 │  3.3% │
│ ほぞ差し │   441 │ 66.3% │
│ ホゾ差し │   202 │ 30.4% │
├─ーーーー─┼───────┼───────┤
│ 　枘穴　 │   113 │  1.0% │ - (entry 2587690)
│ ほぞ穴　 │ 4,918 │ 42.3% │
│ ホゾ穴　 │ 6,599 │ 56.7% │
╰─ーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -6 +5,0 @@
-<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2015-04-28 06:06:06 Jim Breen
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