黒髪

See also: 黑髮 and 黑发

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
黒 髪
くろ
Grade: 2		 かみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

黒 (くろ) (kuro, “black”) + 髪 (かみ) (kami, “hair”).

Pronunciation

Noun

黒髪 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黑髮, hiragana くろかみ, rōmaji kurokami)

  1. black hair
    • 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 803; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 80)
      長 (なが)からむ心 (こころ)も知 (し)らず黒髪 (くろかみ)の乱 (みだ)れてけさは物 (もの)をこそ思 (おも)へ
      nagakaran kokoro mo shirazu kurokami no midarete wa mono o koso omoe
      How can I be sure that your heart will never change―with my own feelings as tangled this next morning as my black hair after sleep?[2]
    緑 (みどり)の黒髪 (くろかみ)
    midori no kurokami
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
黒 髪
こく
Grade: 2		 はつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 黑髮 (MC hək̚ pʉɐt̚). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

黒髪 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黑髮, hiragana こくはつ, rōmaji kokuhatsu)

  1. black hair

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 231
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.