顎鬚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顎	鬚
あご Grade: S	ひげ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 顎 (あご, ago) "chin" + 鬚 (ひげ, hige) "moustache", "beard", "whiskers".

Alternative forms

顎髭, 顎ひげ

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あごひげ [àgóhígé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- (Tokyo) あごひげ [àgóꜜhìgè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ɡo̞çiɡe̞]

Noun

顎鬚 (hiragana あごひげ, rōmaji agohige)

beard; goatee (facial hair)

References

1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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