横髪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
横	髪
よこ Grade: 3	かみ > がみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
橫髮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 横(よこ) (yoko, “side”) + 髪(かみ) (kami, “hair”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

横(よこ)髪(がみ) • (yokogami) 

1. hair that hangs over the temples, adjacent to bangs

Coordinate terms

• 前髪(まえがみ) (maegami)
• 後(うし)ろ髪(がみ) (ushirogami)