Chinese edit

knee head; (noun suffix)
trad. (膝頭)
simp. (膝头)

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Noun edit

膝頭

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Guangxi Min, Pinghua) knee

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひざ
Grade: S
かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (hiza, knee) +‎ (kashira, head; top, tip).[1][2] The kashira changes to gashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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Noun edit

(ひざ)(がしら) (hizagashira

  1. (anatomy) the front of the knee
    Coordinate term: (hikagami, the back of the knee)
  2. (anatomy) the kneecap, the patella

Usage notes edit

This term is more general in meaning than 膝の皿 (hiza no sara) / 膝皿 (hiza sara) or 膝蓋骨 (shitsugaikotsu).

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References edit

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