陰嚢

See also: 陰囊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	嚢
ふぐり
Grade: S	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
陰囊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

*/fukuri/*/fuɡuri/ → /fuɡuri/

Likely related to 袋 (fukuro, “bag, sack”). Appears in one text from 1532 with the unvoiced pronunciation fukuri.

First cited to roughly 900.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふぐり [fúꜜgùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɡɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

陰嚢(ふぐり) • (fuguri) 

1. [from 934] (anatomy) a scrotum
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, pages 45-46:

     陰嚢 針灸經云 陰嚢 俗云布久利 […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. [from 900] a weight for a scale (from a visual similarity)

   Synonyms: 分銅 (fundō), 錘 (omori)

3. [from 1532] a pinecone

   Synonyms: 松ぼっくり (matsu bokkuri), 松笠 (matsukasa)

4. [from 1698] 錘: (historical) during the Edo period, a weight or metal ring tied to the end of a string in a game of 宝引き (hōbiki, literally “treasure pulling”), often played at the New Year

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陰	嚢
いん Grade: S	のう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
陰囊 (kyūjitai)

/innau/ → /innoː/

Probably a learned borrowing from Chinese 陰嚢／阴嚢. First cited to a text from 1421.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いんのー [ìńnóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ĩnːo̞ː]

Noun

陰(いん)嚢(のう) • (innō) ^{←いんなう (innau)?}

1. [from 1421] (anatomy) a scrotum

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.