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Kotomora

禿

become bald, bare, wear out, waste away, little girl employed at a brothel

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Readings

On'yomi

  • トク

Kun'yomi

  • ちび.る
  • かむろ
  • は.げる
  • はげ

Meaning

禿 centers on loss or absence of covering: becoming bald, bare, or worn out. The rare brothel-girl meaning is a historical application of the 'bare' idea.

Most common words using 禿

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  • 禿はげ
    N1

    baldness; bald head

  • 禿鷹はげたか

    vulture; condor

  • 禿げるはげる
    N1

    to lose hair; to become bald

  • 禿鷲はげわし

    Old World vulture

  • 禿げ頭はげあたま

    bald head

  • つるっ禿つるっぱげ

    shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head

  • バーコード禿バーコードはげ

    someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot

  • 丸禿まるはげ

    complete baldness

  • 愚禿ぐとく

    I; me

  • 白襟禿鷲しろえりはげわし

    griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)

  • 禿かぶろ

    children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair

  • 禿げ茶瓶はげちゃびん

    bald head; balding head

  • 禿びるちびる

    to get blunt; to dull; to wear out

  • 禿同はげどう

    I strongly agree

  • 禿尖鼠ちびとがりねずみ

    Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus); lesser pygmy shrew

  • 禿尾土竜ちびおもぐら

    Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura)

  • 禿瘡とくそう

    alopecia areata

  • 禿筆とくひつ

    worn-out brush

  • 禿袋鼯鼠ちびふくろももんが

    feather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus); feathertail glider; flying mouse; pygmy gliding possum

  • 禿頭病とくとうびょう

    alopecia; loss of hair

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Study

Etymology

禿 is thought to combine 禾 (grain) with 儿 (legs), possibly depicting grain stalks with bare, exposed lower parts, suggesting baldness or bareness.

Meaning mnemonic

Grain 禾 on top with legs 儿 below: imagine a field of grain where the lower stalks are bare and worn, like a bald head.

Reading mnemonic

For トク, picture a bald monk named Toku meditating in a bare field: Toku -> トク, and his head is as bare as the worn grain stalks.