"膏肓" meaning in Japanese

See 膏肓 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːko̞ː] Forms: 膏肓 [canonical] (ruby: 膏(こう), 肓(こう)), kōkō [romanization], kaukwau [romanization], かうくわう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|こうこう}}, {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|膏肓|id=1,1}} 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうこう|hhira=かうくわう}} 膏(こう)肓(こう) • (kōkō) ^(←かうくわう (kaukwau)?)
  1. vital organs
    Sense id: en-膏肓-ja-noun-Ieh0zktw Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese spelling pronunciations, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 53 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese spelling pronunciations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːko̞ː], [ko̞ːmo̞ː], [ko̞ːko̞ː] Forms: 膏肓 [canonical] (ruby: 膏(こう), 肓(もう)), kōmō [romanization], kaumau [romanization], かうまう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Misreading of the 肓 kanji as 盲 (mō, “blind”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|こうもう}} Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうもう|hhira=かうまう}} 膏(こう)肓(もう) • (kōmō) ^(←かうまう (kaumau)?)
  1. (proscribed) alternative form of 膏肓 (kōkō) Tags: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Alternative form of: 膏肓 (extra: kōkō)
    Sense id: en-膏肓-ja-noun-pT9yH77s Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 膏肓 meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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