小皺

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	皺
こ Grade: 1	さび Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小さび (common)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞sa̠bʲi]

Noun

小(こ)皺(さび) • (kosabi) 

1. lacquered paper eboshi with small wrinkles

   Antonym: 大皺 (ōsabi)

   Hypernym: 烏帽子 (eboshi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	皺
こ Grade: 1	しわ > じわ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小じわ (common)

Compound of 小(こ) (ko, “small, little”) + 皺(しわ) (shiwa, “wrinkles”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こじわ [kòjíwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑiβ̞a̠]

Noun

小(こ)皺(じわ) • (kojiwa) 

1. fine wrinkles

References

• “小^▲皺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026