栗毛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
栗	毛
くり Jinmeiyō	け > げ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 栗(くり) (kuri) + 毛(け) (ke). The ke reading for 毛 changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くりげ [kùrígé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾʲiɡe̞]

Noun

栗(くり)毛(げ) • (kurige)

chestnut color, often applied to a horse's coat

Derived terms

栗(くり)毛(け)虫(むし) (kurikemushi)
栗(くり)毛(げ)駁(ぶち) (kurigebuchi)
膝(ひざ)栗(くり)毛(げ) (hizakurige)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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