Kushige

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Kushige 1
Revisions not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 櫛笥, 櫛毛(Japanese Kanji) くしげ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. KOO-SHEE-GEH  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.
櫛毛 is a variant spelling of 櫛笥.
Added 8/24/2023 by nihanzakura
Edited 8/24/2023 by nihanzakura

Kushige 2
Revisions not set
Type Surname (ornamental)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 櫛下(Japanese Kanji) くしげ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. KOO-SHEE-GEH  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.
Added 8/24/2023 by nihanzakura
Edited 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura

Kushige 3
Revisions not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 櫛下(Japanese Kanji) くしげ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. KOO-SHEE-GEH  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.
Added 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura
Edited 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura