金髪

金髪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	髪
きん Grade: 1	はつ > ぱつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
金髮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 髪 (hatsu, “hair”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) きんぱつ [kìńpátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩmpa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

金(きん)髪(ぱつ) • (kinpatsu)  (kyūjitai 金髮)

1. blond hair
   • 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第(だい)63(ろくじゅうさん)話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 115:

     ルリを公司(カンパニー)から救(すく)い出(だ)した後(あと)も　今(いま)でみたいに金(きん)髪(ぱつ)は側(そば)にいてくれるのかな？

     Ruri o Kanpanī kara sukuidashita ato mo ima de mitai ni Kinpatsu wa soba ni ite kureru no ka na?

     After we save Ruri from the Company, will I still get to be with Blondie like this?

Usage notes

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as キンパツ.

Derived terms

• パツキン (patsukin)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
金	髪

Noun

金髪 • (geumbal) (hangeul 금발)

1. Hanja form^? of 금발 (“blond”).