白癬

白禿瘡

Readings

Kana: しらくも、しらくぼ

Romaji: shirakumo, shirakubo

Definition

noun

1

ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis

(Medicine, etc. term)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

白

Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い

Meaning: white

癬

Readings: セン、 たむし

Meaning: ringworm

禿

Readings: トク、 ちび.る、 かむろ、 は.げる、 はげ

Meanings: become bald, bare, wear out, waste away, little girl employed at a brothel

瘡

Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 かさ

Meanings: wound, boil, syphilis