黒髪

See also: 黑髮 and 黑发

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
黒	髪
くろ Grade: 2	かみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
黑髮 (kyūjitai)

黒(くろ) (kuro, “black”) + 髪(かみ) (kami, “hair”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くろかみ [kùrókámí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) くろかみ [kùróꜜkàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾo̞ka̠mʲi]

Noun

黒(くろ)髪(かみ) • (kurokami)

black hair
- 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 803; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 80)
  長(なが)からむ心(こころ)も知(し)らず黒髪(くろかみ)の乱(みだ)れてけさは物(もの)をこそ思(おも)へ
  nagakaran kokoro mo shirazu kurokami no midarete wa mono o koso omoe
  How can I be sure that your heart will never change―with my own feelings as tangled this next morning as my black hair after sleep?^[2]
緑(みどり)の黒髪(くろかみ)
midori no kurokami
raven-black hair

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
黒	髪
こく Grade: 2	はつ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
黑髮 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 黑髮 (MC xok pjot). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こくはつ [kòkúhátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ha̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

黒(こく)髪(はつ) • (kokuhatsu)

black hair

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 231