縺れ髪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縺	髪
もつ Hyōgai	かみ > がみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
縺れ髮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 縺れ (motsure, “tangle”) +‎ 髪 (kami, “hair”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もつれがみ [mòtsúréꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

縺(もつ)れ髪(がみ) • (motsuregami)

tangled hair

References

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