Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 1
がい
Grade: S
はん
Grade: S
kan’on kan’yōon kan’on
 口蓋帆 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Compound of (こう)(がい) (kōgai, palate) + (はん) (han, sail), calque of New Latin vēlum palātīnum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(がい)(はん) (kōgaihanこうがいはん (kougaifan)?

  1. Synonym of 軟口蓋 (nankōgai, soft palate; palatine velum)
    Coordinate term: 口蓋垂 (kōgaisui)

References edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

口蓋帆 (gugaebeom) (hangeul 구개범)

  1. Hanja form? of 구개범.