異形頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	形	頭
い Grade: 6	ぎょう Grade: 2	あたま Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
異	形	頭
い Grade: 6	けい Grade: 2	あたま Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
異	形	頭
い Grade: 6	ぎょう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 異形(いぎょう) (igyō) + 頭(あたま) (atama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɡʲo̞ːa̠ta̠ma̠]
• IPA^(key): [ike̞ːa̠ta̠ma̠]
• IPA^(key): [iɡʲo̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

異(い)形(ぎょう)頭(あたま) or 異(い)形(けい)頭(あたま) or 異(い)形(ぎょう)頭(とう) • (igyō-atama or ikei-atama or igyō-tō) 

1. (fiction) object head

Usage notes

• The reading is unsettled, with people selecting from 異形(いぎょう) (igyō) ~ 異形(いけい) (ikei) + 頭(あたま) (atama) ~ 頭(とう) (-tō) ~ 頭(ず) (-zu); the 3 readings presented above appear to be the most common choices.