縺れ髪

縺れ髪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縺	髪
もつ Hyōgaiji	かみ > がみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 縺れ (motsure, “tangle”) +‎ 髪 (kami, “hair”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) もつれ​がみ [mòtsúréꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

縺れ髪 (hiragana もつれがみ, rōmaji motsuregami)

1. tangled hair

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN