黒髪

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See also: 黑髮 and 黑发

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
黒 髪
くろ
Grade: 2 		かみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑髮 (kyūjitai)

黒(くろ) (kuro, “black”) + 髪(かみ) (kami, “hair”).

Pronunciation

Noun

黒(くろ)髪(かみ) • (kurokami) 

  1. black hair
    • 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 803; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 80)
      長(なが)からむ心(こころ)も知(し)らず黒髪(くろかみ)の乱(みだ)れてけさは物(もの)をこそ思(おも)へ
      nagakaran kokoro mo shirazu kurokami no midarete wa mono o koso omoe
      How can I be sure that your heart will never change―with my own feelings as tangled this next morning as my black hair after sleep?
    緑(みどり)の黒髪(くろかみ)
    midori no kurokami
    raven-black hair

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
黒 髪
こく
Grade: 2 		はつ
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
黑髮 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 黑髮 (MC xok pjot). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

黒(こく)髪(はつ) • (kokuhatsu) 

  1. black hair

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 231
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