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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
もう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

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Alternately, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound (deprecated template usage) 紅毛 (*hung *mɑu).

Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin simplified (deprecated template usage) 红毛 and traditional (deprecated template usage) 紅毛红毛 (hóngmáo).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(もう) (kōmō

  1. red hair
  2. during the Edo period, an epithet for the Dutch, contrasting with the term (deprecated template usage) 南蛮 (nanban, literally Southern barbarians) used for the Spanish and Portuguese
  3. in modern times, an epithet for Westerners or Europeans
Synonyms
  • (red hair): 赤毛 (あかげ, ​akage) (more general term for a redhead)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おらんだ
Grade: 6
Grade: 2
irregular

By extension from the red hair meaning being applied to the Dutch, used as jukujikun for (deprecated template usage) オランダ (Oranda).[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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  1. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Holland, the Netherlands
Usage notes

This reading was used primarily during the Edo period, and has since fallen out of use.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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