単衣

Japanese edit

単衣 on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
単	衣
ひとえ > ひと Grade: 4	え Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
單衣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ひとえ [hìtóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞e̞]

Noun edit

単(ひと)衣(え) • (hitoe)

(clothing) unlined open-sleeved robe worn as an inner robe by court nobles. Women's hitoe were floor length and worn over the 袴 (hakama), whilst men's hitoe were worn under and therefore shorter.

See also edit

袙(あこめ) (akome), 袿(うちき) (uchiki), robes worn over hitoe
小袖(こそで) (kosode) robe worn under hitoe

References edit

^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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