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しちゃふぃじ【下髭】 : shicha fiji | define meaning

shicha fiji

Pronunciation: [ɕit͡ɕaɸid͡ʑi]

Definition

Noun

Beard (on the chin); goatee

Etymology

From しちゃ【下】 shicha "below, under" and ふぃじ【髭】 fiji "beard".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Chin, the beard of the (lit. lower beard). Stcha feéjee".

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Orthography	Form
Kanji	下髭
Kana	しちゃふぃじ
New Okinawa Moji	しちゃ懲じ
Romanization	shicha fiji
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ɕit͡ɕaɸid͡ʑi]

意味：あごひげ【顎髭・顎鬚・顎ひげ】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 30). しちゃふぃじ【下髭】 : shicha fiji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8037/shichafiji/.