角髪

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
みずら
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spellings
角髮 (kyūjitai)
美豆良

Said to be a syncope of ミミツラ (mimitsura), from (みみ) (mimi) + (つら) (tsura).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

角髪(みずら) • (mizuraみづら (midura)?

  1. (archaic) a man's hairstyle where the hair is tied into a tail over each ear, and bound up in loops or figure of eight bunches.
  2. [10th C.] an aristocratic boy's hairstyle where the hair is divided into a tail over each ear, and tied up in loops with trailing tails.
    Synonym: 角髪 (binzura)
Derived terms
  • 角髪土竜(ミズラモグラ) (mizuramogura)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
びんずら
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
角髮 (kyūjitai)

Shift from mizura above,[4] or perhaps from its etymon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲĩnd͡zɨɾa̠]

Noun

角髪(びんずら) • (binzura

  1. [11th C.] an aristocratic boy's hairstyle where the hair is divided into a tail over each ear, and tied up in loops with trailing tails.
    Synonym: 角髪 (mizura)
  2. (by extension) the hair on one's head

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
つの
Grade: 2
かみ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
角髮 (kyūjitai)

By surface analysis, (tsuno, horn) +‎ (kami, hair). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨno̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

角髪(つのがみ) • (tsunogami

  1. [1245] an ancient child's hairstyle where the hair is divided into a tail over each ear, and tied up in loops.
    Synonym: 揚巻 (agemaki)
  2. [1730] a boy's tied up forelock

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN