See also: 马尾

Chinese edit

horse; surname tail
trad. (馬尾)
simp. (马尾)
 
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馬尾

  1. horse's tail
  2. ponytail (hairstyle)

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馬尾

  1. () Mawei (a district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
kan’on

May be from Middle Chinese compound 馬尾 (MC maeX mj+jX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a borrowing from no earlier than the Heian period.

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()() (babi

  1. a horsetail
  2. horsehair, specifically from the tail
  3. (anatomy) cauda equina
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Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun

Apparently derived from , (su, latticework, matting, or netting in a strainer), as horsehair was often used to make this.[2]

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

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馬尾() (su

  1. horsehair, specifically from the tail

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN