膝頭

Chinese

knee head; (noun suffix)
trad. (膝頭)
simp. (膝头)

Pronunciation


Noun

膝頭

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Guangxi Min, Pinghua) knee

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひざ
Grade: S
かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (hiza, knee) +‎ (kashira, head; top, tip).[1][2] The kashira changes to gashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ざがしら [hìzágáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • (Tokyo) ざがしら [hìzágáshírá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [çiza̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

(ひざ)(がしら) • (hizagashira

  1. (anatomy) the front of the knee
    Coordinate term: (hikagami, the back of the knee)
  2. (anatomy) the kneecap, the patella

Usage notes

This term is more general in meaning than 膝の皿 (hiza no sara) / 膝皿 (hiza sara) or 膝蓋骨 (shitsugaikotsu).

Synonyms

Idioms

  • (ひざ)(がしら)()()() (hizagashira de Edo e iku): "to go to Edo on one's knees" → To rush into something without taking time to prepare, and consequently work harder and get less done in the process.
  • (ひざ)(がしら)(はこ)()()されぬ (hizagashira de Hakone wa kosarenu): "one cannot get through Hakone (Pass) on one's knees" → To rush into something without taking time to prepare, and consequently work harder and get less done in the process.

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