鶏冠

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See also: 雞冠 and 鸡冠

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鶏 冠
とり > と
Grade: S 		Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
鷄冠 (kyūjitai)
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/tosːaka/ → /tosaka/

Shift from earlier tossaka (see Etymology 2 below). Now the modern spelling.

The kanji spelling is from keikan (see Etymology 4 below).

Pronunciation

Noun

鶏冠(とさか) • (tosaka) 

  1. a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
    Synonyms: 冠 (saka), 肉冠 (nikukan)
  2. (colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tosaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa
  3. (theater) a kind of wig used in kabuki, with the front hair cut and split apart on the sides; used by onnagata to portray old hags
Derived terms
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Idioms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鶏 冠
とり > とっ
Grade: S 		Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
鷄冠 (kyūjitai)

/tori saka/ → /tosːaka/

Shift from earlier torisaka (see Etymology 3 below).

The kanji spelling is from keikan (see Etymology 4 below).

Noun

鶏冠(とっさか) • (tossaka) 

  1. (archaic) a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
    Synonym: 冠 (saka)
  2. (archaic, colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tossaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鶏 冠
とり
Grade: S 		Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
鷄冠 (kyūjitai)

Possibly a shift from a compound of 鶏 (tori, “chicken”) +‎ 坂 (saka, “hill”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

The kanji spelling is from keikan (see Etymology 4 below).

Noun

鶏冠(とりさか) • (torisaka) 

  1. (obsolete) a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
    Synonym: 冠 (saka)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
鶏 冠
けい
Grade: S 		かん
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
鷄冠 (kyūjitai)

/kei kʷan/ → /keːkan/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 雞冠 (MC kej kwan).

Pronunciation

Noun

鶏(けい)冠(かん) • (keikan) ←けいくわん (keikwan)?

  1. a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
  2. (mineralogy, colloquial) Short for 鶏冠石 (keikanseki): realgar
Derived terms

Proper noun

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鶏(けい)冠(かん) • (Keikan) 

  1. Jiguan (a district of Heilongjiang, China)

Compounds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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