遠心顔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	心	顔
えん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2	かお > がお Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
遠心顏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 遠心(えんしん) (enshin) + 顔(かお) (kao). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩŋɡa̠o̞]

Noun

遠(えん)心(しん)顔(がお) • (enshingao) ^{←ゑんしんがほ (wensingafo)?}

1. (beauty) face where the gap in between the eyes is comparatively large

Coordinate terms

• 求心顔(きゅうしんがお) (kyūshingao)