尨毛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尨 毛
むく
Hyōgai 		け > げ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
毳

Etymology

From 尨(むく) (muku, “shaggy hair”) + 毛(け) (ke, “hair, fur”). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) むくげ [mùkúgé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟kɯ̟ɡe̞]

Noun

尨(むく)毛(げ) • (mukuge) 

  1. shaggy hair of a beast

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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