口髭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くち
Grade: 1
ひげ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
口ひげ

Etymology

From (くち) (kuchi, mouth) + (ひげ) (hige, moustache).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちひげ [kùchíhígé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕiçiɡe̞]

Noun

(くち)(ひげ) • (kuchihige) 

  1. moustache

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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