紅こう毛もう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

red hair

Literally 'red hair'; can refer to the hair itself or describe something as red-haired.

• 彼かの女じょは生うまれつきの紅こう毛もうだ。

  She has naturally red hair.

• 紅こう毛もうの人じん物ぶつが絵えに描えがかれている。

  A red-haired person is depicted in the painting.

noun

Westerner; Dutchman

Archaic term for Westerners, especially Dutch traders, derived from their red hair. Now only encountered in historical contexts.

See also: 紅毛人

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、紅こう毛もう人じんは出で島じまに滞たい在ざいした。

  During the Edo period, the red-haired foreigners (Dutch) stayed on Dejima.