Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あご
Grade: S
ひげ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
顎髭
顎ひげ

Etymology edit

Compound of (あご) (ago, chin) + (ひげ) (hige, moustache, beard, whiskers).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あご)(ひげ) (agohige

  1. beard; goatee (facial hair)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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