Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
はだ
Grade: S
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
美膚 (uncommon)

Compound of (bi, beautiful, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ (hada, skin, kun'yomi or native Japanese reading).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1939.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(はだ) (bihada

  1. [from 1939] beautiful skin

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
kan’on on’yomi

Compound of (bi, beautiful, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ (ki, skin, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (biki

  1. (uncommon) beautiful skin

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN