雀斑

Chinese

bird; lentigo; sparrow variegated
simp. and trad.
(雀斑)
alternative forms 雀癍
雀瘢
Literally: “sparrow patches”.

Pronunciation


Noun

雀斑

  1. (dermatology) freckle (Classifier: m)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雀斑):
  • Japanese: (じゃく)(はん) (jakuhan)
  • Korean: 작반(雀斑) (jakban)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そばかす
Jinmeiyō Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative forms

  • 蕎麦滓

Etymology

From 蕎麦(そば) (soba, buckwheat) + (かす) (kasu, dregs). The kanji are an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 雀斑.

Noun

雀斑(そばかす) or 雀斑(ソバカス) • (sobakasu) 

  1. (dermatology) freckles
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