紅毛

Noun

 * 1) red hair (on animals)
 * 2)  red-haired person;  Caucasian person; white person; ang moh
 * 3)  British or English person
 * 4)  Dutch person

Etymology 1
Possibly coined in Japan of -derived elements.

Alternatively, possibly from compound.

Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) red hair
 * 2) during the Edo period, an epithet for the Dutch, contrasting with the term  used for the Spanish and Portuguese
 * 3) in modern times, an epithet for Westerners or Europeans
 * 1) in modern times, an epithet for Westerners or Europeans

Derived terms

 * : during the Edo period, western pictures that were imported into Japan through Dutch-controlled Nagasaki; those Japanese-produced pictures that were influenced by western artwork
 * : during the Edo period, an epithet for a Dutch person, contrasting with the term used for the Spanish and Portuguese
 * : an epithet for European trading ships that visited Japan in the late 1600s, primarily from the Netherlands, contrasting with the term used for ships from Spain and Portugal
 * : literally “red hair, blue eyes” → a Westerner

Etymology 2
By extension from the red hair meaning being applied to the Dutch, used as for.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Holland, the Netherlands

Usage notes
This reading was used primarily during the Edo period, and has since fallen out of use.