頭蓋骨

See also: 头盖骨

Chinese

skull; cranium; red cloth or gauze kerchief for a bride bone
trad. (頭蓋骨) 頭蓋
simp. (头盖骨) 头盖

Pronunciation


Noun

頭蓋骨

  1. (anatomy) cranium; braincase

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term

    Grade: 2
    がい
    Grade: S
    こつ
    Grade: 6
    goon kan'yōon kan'on

    Compound of 頭蓋 (zugai, skull, cranium) +‎ (kotsu, bone).[1][2][3][4]

    First attested in a glossary of biological terms from 1884.[1]

    This zugaikotsu reading is listed as the canonical pronunciation by some references,[1] while other references list tōgaikotsu as the canonical reading instead.[2][3] Still other other references do not include tōgaikotsu at all, and only list zugaikotsu.[4][5]

    This may represent a shift in pronunciation, possibly for disambiguation from the common near-homophone for the first two morae, 当該 (tōgai, the said, the relevant, the item we are talking about). The date of any such shift in pronunciation is not clearly indicated in available references.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ()(がい)(こつ) • (zugaikotsuづがいこつ (dugaikotu)?

    1. [from 1884] (anatomy) skull, cranium
      Synonym: 頭骨 (tōkotsu)

    Etymology 2

      Kanji in this term
      とう
      Grade: 2
      がい
      Grade: S
      こつ
      Grade: 6
      kan'on kan'yōon kan'on

      Compound of 頭蓋 (tōgai, skull, cranium) +‎ (kotsu, bone).[1][2][3]

      This tōgaikotsu reading is listed as the canonical pronunciation by some references,[2][3] while other references either do not include tōgaikotsu at all,[4][5] or list zugaikotsu as the canonical reading instead.[1]

      This may represent a shift in pronunciation, possibly for disambiguation from the common near-homophone for the first two morae, 当該 (tōgai, the said, the relevant, the item we are talking about). The date of any such shift in pronunciation is not clearly indicated in available references.

      Pronunciation

      • (Tokyo) ーがいこつ [tòógáꜜìkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
      • IPA(key): [to̞ːɡa̠iko̞t͡sɨ]

      Noun

      (とう)(がい)(こつ) • (tōgaikotsuとうがいこつ (tougaikotu)?

      1. [date uncertain] (anatomy, less common) skull, cranium
        Synonym: 頭骨 (tōkotsu)

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 頭蓋骨”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
      2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 頭蓋骨”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
      3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
      4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
      5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN