ひだ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
襞

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひ​だ [híꜜdà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [çida̠]

Noun

ひだ • (hida) ^{←ひだ (fida)?}

1. pleat

   餃(ギョー)子(ザ)のひだ

   gyōza no hida

   pleats of a gyoza

   スカートのひだ

   sukāto no hida

   pleats of a skirt

2. (mycology) gill; lamella

Synonyms

• (pleat): プリーツ (purītsu)
• (gill): 菌(きん)褶(しゅう) (kinshū)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ひだ – see the following entry.

【飛騨】 [proper noun] Hida (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] Hida Province, an old province of Japan

(This term, ひだ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ひだ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひだ.)