髻 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jì

hair rolled up in a bun

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components

髟 Meaning component

biāo

long hair

吉 Sound component

jí

lucky

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jì

hair rolled up in a bun, topknot

Most common words with 髻

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	发髻	hair worn in a bun or coil
	髻	hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
	丫髻	topknot
	螺髻	spiral coil (in hairdressing)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*kˤi[t]-s	kejH	jì	hair-knot, chignon

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4140th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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