横髪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
横 髪
よこ
Grade: 3 		かみ > がみ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
橫髮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 横(よこ) (yoko, “side”) + 髪(かみ) (kami, “hair”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo̞ko̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

横(よこ)髪(がみ) • (yokogami) 

  1. hair that hangs over the temples, adjacent to bangs

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