縺れ髪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縺	髪
もつ Hyōgaiji	かみ > がみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 縺れ (motsure, “tangle”) +‎ 髪 (kami, “hair”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) もつれがみ [mòtsúréꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

縺れ髪 (hiragana もつれがみ, rōmaji motsuregami)

tangled hair

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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