鶏冠

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鶏冠, read as the whole word とさか, is written with chicken 鶏 and crown 冠, reflecting the comb's appearance.
• Basic usage: 鶏冠 is read とさか and denotes the red comb on a chicken's head.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Tone and register
  • Because this whole-word reading is hard to infer from the individual characters, learn the spelling together with とさか.