Etymograph

English

raden

Raden comes from Japanese 螺鈿 ‘mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer’.

  1. Japanesemodern螺鈿1‘mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer’
  2. Englishtodayraden1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English raden

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern螺鈿Wiktionary, English raden‘mother-of-pearl inlay, often in lacquer’
  2. EnglishtodayradenWiktionary, English raden

Every English word from Japanese 螺鈿

Today it means

noun The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “raden”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Japanese 螺鈿 / raden

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