"馬尾" meaning in Japanese

See 馬尾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ba̠bʲi] Forms: 馬尾 [canonical] (ruby: 馬(ば), 尾(び)), babi [romanization]
Etymology: May be from Middle Chinese compound 馬尾 (MC maeX mj+jX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a borrowing from no earlier than the Heian period. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=はび}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|馬尾}} 馬尾 (MC maeX mj+jX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ばび}} 馬(ば)尾(び) • (babi)
  1. a horsetail
    Sense id: en-馬尾-ja-noun-ZY9fZTup
  2. horsehair, specifically from the tail Synonyms (horsehair from the tail): 馬素 (basu)
    Sense id: en-馬尾-ja-noun-1~~j5E19 Disambiguation of 'horsehair from the tail': 5 88 7
  3. (anatomy) cauda equina
    Sense id: en-馬尾-ja-noun-hRam1pLI Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Anatomy, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Fibers, Hair Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 43 3 1 1 49 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 90 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 6 82 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 5 83 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 5 5 85 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 3 4 88 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 7 81 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 5 89 Disambiguation of Fibers: 3 5 86 5 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 11 78 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [sɨ] Forms: 馬尾 [canonical] (ruby: 馬尾(す)), su [romanization]
Etymology: Apparently derived from 簀, 簾 (su, “latticework, matting, or netting in a strainer”), as horsehair was often used to make this. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{ja-jukujikun|sort=す}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|す}} 馬尾(す) • (su)
  1. horsehair, specifically from the tail
    Sense id: en-馬尾-ja-noun-1~~j5E191
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 馬尾 meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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