leg hair; shin hair
Refers specifically to hair on the lower leg (shin/calf area). Common in everyday conversation about grooming or appearance.
In summer, more men shave their leg hair.
He is self-conscious about his thick leg hair.
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Katakana variant of the first part; seen in casual writing.
Full kanji spelling; the character 脛 is not in the Jōyō set and may be unfamiliar.
Compound of すね (shin) and 毛 (hair). The reading すねげ is a straightforward combination.