黄楊櫛

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つげ くし > ぐし
Jinmeiyō
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
黃楊櫛 (kyūjitai)
つげ櫛
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Etymology

From 黄楊(つげ) (tsuge, Japanese box) + (くし) (kushi, comb). The kushi changes to gushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

黄楊(つげ)(ぐし) (tsugegushi

  1. comb made from the wood of the Japanese box

References

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