羅針盤 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Most likely from Middle Chinese compound 羅針盤 (MC la tsyim|tsyimH ban, “[magnetic] compass, lit. catching needle board”). Compare modern Mandarin 羅針盤/罗针盘.
- a compass, a mariner's compass
- Note that this term does not mean the kind of compass used to draw a circle.
- 羅針盤 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Mariner's compass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia