三方

From Middle Chinese *三方 (MC sam pjang, literally “three + side; direction”). The stand sense likely arose from the way that three sides have decorative cutouts.

• (Tokyo) さんぼ​ー [sàńbóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1] for the “three directions” sense
• (Tokyo) さんぼー [sàńbóó] (Heiban – [0])[1] for the “stand” sense
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mbo̞ː]

三(さん)方(ぼう) or 三方(さんぽう) • (sanbō or sanpō) ^{←さんばう (sanbau)?}

1. three directions
2. 三宝: a four-sided stand, usually made of cedar, on which a tray can be placed, with decorative holes on the front, left, and right sides of the stand; formerly used as a kind of one-person table at mealtimes, and now used mainly for votive offerings and other ceremonial purposes
3. (dated) in traditional Japanese mathematics, synonym for 正三角形 (sei sankakukei, “equilateral triangle”)