髪留め

髪留め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
髪	留
かみ Grade: S	と > ど Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 髪 (かみ) (kami) + 留 (と)め (tome). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

髪留め (hiragana かみどめ, rōmaji kamidome)

1. hairpin

Synonyms

• (hairpin): ヘアピン (heapin), ピン留 (ど)め (pindome)