毛皮

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (毛皮)		毛	皮
anagram		皮毛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máopí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ pei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-phêr / mô͘-phê / mô͘-phôe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máopí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄆㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máopí
  - Wade–Giles: mao²-pʻi²
  - Yale: máu-pí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maupyi
  - Palladius: маопи (maopi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ pei⁴
  - Yale: mòuh pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ péi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pʰei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-phêr
  - Tâi-lô: môo-phêr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pʰə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-phê
  - Tâi-lô: môo-phê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mophee
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-phôe
  - Tâi-lô: môo-phuê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mophoee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² pʰue¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ pʰue²³/

Noun

毛皮

fur; pelt
動物毛皮／动物毛皮 ― dòngwù máopí ― animal fur

毛皮服裝／毛皮服装 ― máopí fúzhuāng ― fur clothing

Related terms

皮革 (pígé)
獸皮／兽皮 (shòupí)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毛	皮
け Grade: 2	かわ > がわ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
毛革

Compound of 毛 (ke, “fur, body hair”) +‎ 皮 (kawa, “skin, pelt”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a work from 1690,^[1] but possibly older, considering the mid-1200s appearance of Chinese-derived homograph 毛皮 (mōhi). This kegawa reading appears to have mostly superseded the mōhi reading.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けがわ [kègáwá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[5]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ɡa̠β̞a̠]

Noun

毛(け)皮(がわ) • (kegawa) ^{←けがは (kegafa)^?}

[from 1690] fur, pelt
Synonyms: (untanned hide) 粗皮 (arakawa), 毛皮 (mōhi)

毛皮(けがわ)の商品(しょうひん)
kegawa no shōhin
fur goods
[???] the 皮 radical (portion of a kanji character)

Usage notes

In modern usage, the kegawa reading appears to be more common than the mōhi reading, which is not included in some references.^[5]^[3]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毛	皮
もう Grade: 2	ひ Grade: 3
goon	kan'on

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 毛皮 (MC maw|mawH bje).

First cited to the 正法眼蔵 (Shōbōgenzō), a collection of works dated 1231–53 and written by the 13th century Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Sōtō Zen school, Eihei Dōgen.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もーひ [móꜜòhì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ːçi]

Noun

毛(もう)皮(ひ) • (mōhi) ^{←もうひ (moufi)^?}

[from 1200s] fur, pelt
Synonyms: (untanned hide) 粗皮 (arakawa), 毛皮 (kegawa)

Usage notes

In modern usage, the kegawa reading appears to be more common than the mōhi reading, which is not included in some references.^[5]^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^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

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-4] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-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

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