鶏冠
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Japanese[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
- 鶏冠草 (tosakagusa)
- 鶏冠海苔 (tosaka nori)
- 鶏冠山 (Tosaka-yama)
- 石鶏冠 (ishitosaka)
- 海鶏冠 (umitosaka)
- 黄花鶏冠 (kibana tosaka)
Idioms[edit]
- 鶏冠に来る (tosaka ni kuru, “grow a comb → get angry”)
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]
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]
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[edit]
References[edit]
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