鶏冠
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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鶏 | 冠 |
とり > と Grade: S |
Grade: S |
kun'yomi | irregular |
Alternative spelling |
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鷄冠 (kyūjitai) |
/tosːaka/ → /tosaka/
Shift from earlier tossaka (see Etymology 2 below). Now the modern spelling.
The kanji spelling is from keikan (see Etymology 4 below).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
- (colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tosaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa
- (theater) a kind of wig used in kabuki, with the front hair cut and split apart on the sides; used by onnagata to portray old hags
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Idioms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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鶏 | 冠 |
とり > とっ Grade: S |
Grade: S |
kun'yomi | irregular |
Alternative spelling |
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鷄冠 (kyūjitai) |
/tori saka/ → /tosːaka/
Shift from earlier torisaka (see Etymology 3 below).
The kanji spelling is from keikan (see Etymology 4 below).
Noun
[edit]- (archaic) a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
- Synonym: 冠 (saka)
- (archaic, colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tossaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa
Derived terms
[edit]- 鶏冠海苔 (tossaka nori)
Etymology 3
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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鶏 | 冠 |
とり Grade: S |
Grade: S |
kun'yomi | irregular |
Alternative spelling |
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鷄冠 (kyūjitai) |
Possibly a shift from a compound of 鶏 (tori, “chicken”) + 坂 (saka, “hill”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
The kanji spelling is from keikan (see Etymology 4 below).
Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 鶏冠海苔 (torisaka nori)
Etymology 4
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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鶏 | 冠 |
けい Grade: S |
かん Grade: S |
kan'on |
Alternative spelling |
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鷄冠 (kyūjitai) |
/kei kʷan/ → /keːkan/
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 雞冠 (MC kej kwan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]鶏冠 • (keikan) ←けいくわん (keikwan)?
- a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
- (mineralogy, colloquial) Short for 鶏冠石 (keikanseki): realgar
Derived terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Jiguan (a district of Heilongjiang, China)
Compounds
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