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肛門

肛門

See also: 肛门

Chinese

anus
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (肛門) 肛 門
simp. (肛门) 肛 门

Noun

肛門

  1. (anatomy) anus

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肛 門
こう
Hyōgaiji 		もん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/kaumon/ → /kɔːmon/ → /koːmon/

From Middle Chinese 肛門 ‎(/kɔŋ mwon/, literally “anus + gate”). Compare modern Cantonese reading gong1 mun4, Mandarin gāngmén.

Pronunciation

Noun

肛門 ‎(hiragana こうもん, romaji kōmon, historical hiragana かうもん)

  1. (anatomy) anus

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja in this term
肛 門

Noun

肛門 • ‎(hangmun, McCune-Reischauer: hangmun, Yale: hangmun) ‎(hangeul 항문)

  1. Hanja form? of 항문, “anus”.

Pronunciation

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