胸毛

Chinese

chest; bosom; heart
chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax
 
hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (胸毛)
simp. #(胸毛)

Pronunciation


Noun

胸毛

  1. chest hair

Japanese

Kanji in this term
むな
Grade: 6
け > げ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (muna, chest) +‎ (ke, hair).[1][2] The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なげ [mùnágé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟na̠ɡe̞]

Noun

(むな)() • (munage

  1. chest hair

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN