毛布

Chinese
hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
 
to declare; to announce; to spread
to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
simp. and trad.
(毛布)		 毛 布

Pronunciation

Noun

毛布

  1. coarse cotton cloth

Japanese
Kanji in this term
毛 布
もう
Grade: 2		 ふ
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

Probably an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 毛布 (máobù, literally “hair + cloth”), using the expected Japanese readings of the characters. First cited to a text from 1867 with the sense wool fabric.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

毛(もう)布(ふ) • (mōfu) 

  1. [from 1867] wool fabric
    Synonym: 毛織物 (keorimono)
  2. [from 1898] a blanket
    Synonyms: ブランケット (buranketto), ケット (ketto)

References
  1. “毛布”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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