黄楊櫛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄 楊 櫛
つげ くし > ぐし
Jinmeiyō
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
黃楊櫛 (kyūjitai)
つげ櫛

Etymology

From 黄楊(つげ) (tsuge, “Japanese box”) + 櫛(くし) (kushi, “comb”). The kushi changes to gushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つげぐし [tsùgégúshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨɡe̞ɡɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

黄楊(つげ)櫛(ぐし) • (tsugegushi) 

  1. comb made from the wood of the Japanese box

References

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