Japanese hair related vocabulary

[Jenthepen]

Hey I can't really find a good sourse to get some hair related vocabulary.

I wanna know the terms used to discribe hair colours, I have some terms...i think...I am not sure about the pronounciation though.

Blonde = 金髪　きんぱつ
Black hair =　黒髪　くろかみ
Brown hair = 茶髪　ちゃぱつ
Red hair = 赤毛　あかけ　？？？？
Grey hair　白髪　はくはつ (does this mean white hair or grey hair or both?)

Are there anymore common colours I should know?

And used in a sentence to say the colour of your hair you would say
私の髪は金髪です　right?


I also wanna know hair related verbs...or what words you would use to show that your "doing" these things.

- Wash hair
- Brush hair
- dye hair
- Cut hair

And last but not least, I would like to also know terms used to discribe lenth and appearance of hair such as

- curly hair
- straight hair
- long hair
- short hair

And anything else that will assist me , and anyone else that views this and wants to learn these terms XD thanks in advance. (oh provide kana pronunciation please also thanks)

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by Jenthepen

Hey I can't really find a good sourse to get some hair related vocabulary.

I wanna know the terms used to discribe hair colours, I have some terms...i think...I am not sure about the pronounciation though.

Blonde = 金髪　きんぱつ
Black hair =　黒髪　くろかみ
Brown hair = 茶髪　ちゃぱつ
Red hair = 赤毛　あかけ　？？？？
Grey hair　白髪　はくはつ (does this mean white hair or grey hair or both?)

Are there anymore common colours I should know?

And used in a sentence to say the colour of your hair you would say
私の髪は金髪です　right?


I also wanna know hair related verbs...or what words you would use to show that your "doing" these things.

- Wash hair
- Brush hair
- dye hair
- Cut hair

And last but not least, I would like to also know terms used to discribe lenth and appearance of hair such as

- curly hair
- straight hair
- long hair
- short hair

And anything else that will assist me , and anyone else that views this and wants to learn these terms XD thanks in advance. (oh provide kana pronunciation please also thanks)

For a laundry list of common vocabulary words, try this first: http://www.alc.co.jp/

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by Jenthepen

Hey I can't really find a good sourse to get some hair related vocabulary.

I wanna know the terms used to discribe hair colours, I have some terms...i think...I am not sure about the pronounciation though.

Blonde = 金髪　きんぱつ
Black hair =　黒髪　くろかみ
Brown hair = 茶髪　ちゃぱつ
Red hair = 赤毛　あかけ　？？？？
Grey hair　白髪　はくはつ (does this mean white hair or grey hair or both?)

Are there anymore common colours I should know?

And used in a sentence to say the colour of your hair you would say
私の髪は金髪です　right?


I also wanna know hair related verbs...or what words you would use to show that your "doing" these things.

- Wash hair
- Brush hair
- dye hair
- Cut hair

And last but not least, I would like to also know terms used to discribe lenth and appearance of hair such as

- curly hair
- straight hair
- long hair
- short hair

And anything else that will assist me , and anyone else that views this and wants to learn these terms XD thanks in advance. (oh provide kana pronunciation please also thanks)

I believe しらが is the commonly used reading for 白髪

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by RickOShay

I believe しらが is the commonly used reading for 白髪

No, はくはつ. I can't even spacebar my way from しらげ to 白髪.

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

No, はくはつ. I can't even spacebar my way from しらげ to 白髪.

しらが、not しらげ

白髪 - 辞書すべて - goo辞書

I cannot be sure which is most common/proper, but I can say I have only seen/heard しらが used.

[Jenthepen]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

For a laundry list of common vocabulary words, try this first: http://www.alc.co.jp/

Xd. Appreshiate the link...but its all in Japanese. I am not advanced and its very slow and almost impossible for me to try to read and find anything. Xd if I could read everything here, I probably wouldn't have to ask the question


Also to add, I've heard both はくはつ　Ａｎｄ　しらが　but I too don't know what one is used more....

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by Jenthepen

Xd. Appreshiate the link...but its all in Japanese. I am not advanced and its very slow and almost impossible for me to try to read and find anything. Xd if I could read everything here, I probably wouldn't have to ask the question


Also to add, I've heard both はくはつ　Ａｎｄ　しらが　but I too don't know what one is used more....

My vote is on しらが

[masaegu]

Both are correct. It's the classic 大和言葉 vs.　漢語 issue.

白髪のおっさん　＝　しらが

白髪の紳士　＝　はくはつ

"Darn, I'm getting grey hair!" ＝　しらが

Frequency-wise, one would hear しらが considerably more often.

[KyleGoetz]

Sorry, guys, I guess my 漢語 is just so much more elite than yours

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by Jenthepen

Xd. Appreshiate the link...but its all in Japanese. I am not advanced and its very slow and almost impossible for me to try to read and find anything. Xd if I could read everything here, I probably wouldn't have to ask the question


Also to add, I've heard both はくはつ　Ａｎｄ　しらが　but I too don't know what one is used more....

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