眉毛

Chinese

eyebrow; upper margin hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad.
(眉毛)

Pronunciation


Noun

眉毛

  1. eyebrow

Usage notes

  • In Cantonese, it usually refers to the individual hairs on the eyebrow, not the entire eyebrow itself.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眉毛):
  • Japanese: ()(もう) (bimō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まゆ
Grade: S
け > げ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
まゆ毛

Alternative forms

  • まいげ (maige)

Etymology

From (mayu, eyebrow) + (ke, hair).

The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ゆげ [máꜜyùgè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠jɯ̟ᵝɡe̞]

Noun

(まゆ)() • (mayuge) 

  1. (anatomy) eyebrow hair

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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