鼓膜
Chinese
convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat | membrane; film; to prostrate | ||
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trad. (鼓膜) | 鼓 | 膜 | |
simp. #(鼓膜) | 鼓 | 膜 |
Pronunciation
Noun
鼓膜
- (anatomy) eardrum; tympanic membrane
Synonyms
- 耳鼓 (ěrgǔ)
- 耳膜 (ěrmó)
- (Hakka) 耳膜仔
- (Min Nan) 耳空鬼仔, 耳鏡/耳镜
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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鼓 | 膜 |
こ Grade: S | まく Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology
From 鼓 (ko, “drum”) + 膜 (maku, “membrane”), calque of Dutch trommelvlies.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こまく [kòmákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ko̞ma̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
鼓膜 • (komaku)
- (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane (a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus)
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN