褌
loincloth
Readings
On'yomi
- コン
Kun'yomi
- ふんどし
Meaning
褌 centers on a traditional Japanese loincloth, a simple wrapped undergarment.
Most common words using 褌
- 褌ふんどし
fundoshi; loincloth; traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton
- 褌みつ
T-shaped section of a loincloth
- 六尺褌ろくしゃくふんどし
traditional Japanese G-string for men
- 前褌まえみつ
front of a mawashi
- 横褌よこみつ
either side of a rikishi's mawashi
- 緊褌きんこん
loincloth
- 緊褌一番きんこんいちばん
gird oneself up
- 褌一つふんどしひとつ
(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
- 褌祝いへこいわい
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
- 越中褌えっちゅうふんどし
string loincloth; G-string
Study
Etymology
褌 combines 衤 (clothing) with 軍, which likely contributes the sound コン and may relate to wrapping or military attire, though the exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 衤 is clothing, and the right side 軍 suggests an army. Picture a soldier's simple wrapped cloth undergarment: a loincloth.
Reading mnemonic
For コン, imagine a con artist trying to sell a fake designer loincloth: con -> コン, and the cloth is just a simple wrap.