顎鬚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顎	鬚
あご Grade: S	ひげ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
顎髭顎ひげ

Etymology

Compound of 顎(あご) (ago, “chin”) + 鬚(ひげ) (hige, “moustache, beard, whiskers”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あごひげ [àgóhígé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) あごひげ [àgóꜜhìgè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [a̠ɡo̞çiɡe̞]

Noun

顎(あご)鬚(ひげ) • (agohige)

beard; goatee (facial hair)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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