顎鬚

Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 顎(あご) (ago, “chin”) + 鬚(ひげ) (hige, “moustache, beard, whiskers”).

Pronunciation

Noun

顎(あご)鬚(ひげ) • (agohige) 

  1. beard; goatee (facial hair)

References

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