黒髪

黒髪

See also: 黑髮 and 黑发

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
黒	髪
くろ Grade: 2	かみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
黑髮 (kyūjitai)

黒(くろ) (kuro, “black”) + 髪(かみ) (kami, “hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くろかみ [kùrókámí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) くろ​かみ [kùróꜜkàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ka̠mʲi]

Noun

黒(くろ)髪(かみ) • (kurokami) 

1. black hair
   • 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 803; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 80)

     長(なが)からむ心(こころ)も知(し)らず黒髪(くろかみ)の乱(みだ)れてけさは物(もの)をこそ思(おも)へ

     nagakaran kokoro mo shirazu kurokami no midarete wa mono o koso omoe

     How can I be sure that your heart will never change―with my own feelings as tangled this next morning as my black hair after sleep?[2]

   緑(みどり)の黒髪(くろかみ)

   midori no kurokami

   raven-black hair

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
黒	髪
こく Grade: 2	はつ Grade: S
on’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spelling
黑髮 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 黑髮 (MC hək̚ pʉɐt̚). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくはつ [kòkúhátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝha̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

黒(こく)髪(はつ) • (kokuhatsu) 

1. black hair

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 231