毛布

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Chinese

hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
to declare; to announce; to spread
to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
 
simp. and trad.
(毛布) 		毛 布

Pronunciation

Noun

毛布

  1. coarse cotton cloth; coarse calico

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毛 布
もう
Grade: 2 		ふ
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

Probably an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 毛布 (máobù, literally “hair + cloth”), using the expected Japanese readings of the characters. First cited to a text from 1867 with the sense wool fabric.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

毛(もう)布(ふ) • (mōfu) 

  1. wool fabric
    Synonym: 毛織物 (keorimono)
  2. a blanket
    Synonyms: ブランケット (buranketto), ケット (ketto)

References

  1. ^ “毛布”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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