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髷 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「髟」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「髟」
On
キョクきょく · kyoku
Kun
まげ・わげmage · wage
Meaning
a topknot

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hair 髟 with 曲, to bend, as phonetic: hair folded over and tied — a topknot.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 髷まげ

    a topknot

  • 丁髷ちょんまげ

    the samurai topknot

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

力士(りきし)が髷(まげ)を結(ゆ)う。

The sumo wrestler ties his topknot.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

丁髷髷丁block髢a hair…髣dimly髦long…髥a bear…髱the ba…亟freque…洫a ditc…勖to enc…棘a thor…跼to sto…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 髟Map of reading キョクAll maps

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