生え際

生え際

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	際
は Grade: 1	きわ > ぎわ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
生際 生えぎわ

Etymology

生え (“growing; sprouting”, stem of 生える (haeru, “to grow; to sprout”)) +‎ 際 (“edge”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) はえぎわ [hàégíwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞ɡʲiɰᵝa̠]

Noun

生(は)え際(ぎわ) • (haegiwa) ^{←はえぎは (faegifa)?}

1. a hairline (the line along one's forehead where hair starts growing)