See also: 白头

Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (白頭)
simp. (白头)

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Noun

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白頭

  1. hoary head; white hair
  2. (medicine) whitehead
  3. (figurative) old age

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  • (hoary head): (literary) 皓首 (hàoshǒu)
  • (old age):

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Adjective

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白頭

  1. (attributive) unsigned; unstamped

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
しろ
Grade: 1
かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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(しろ)(がしら) or (しら)(がしら) (shirogashira or shiragashira

  1. a white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon in Noh

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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(はく)(とう) (hakutō

  1. a gray/grey head; a head with gray hair

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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白頭 (Paektu) (hangeul 백두)

  1. hanja form? of 백두 (Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border))