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髻 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「髟」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「髟」
On
ケイ・キツけい・きつ · kei · kitsu
Kun
たぶさ・みずら・もとどりtabusa · mizura · motodori
Meaning
a topknot

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hair 髟 with 吉, auspicious, as phonetic: hair gathered and tied on top of the head.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 髻もとどり

    a topknot

  • 髻を切るもとどりをきる

    to renounce the world

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

髻(たぶさ)を切(き)って出家(しゅっけ)する。

They cut off the topknot and take vows.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

髻を切る髻切to cut髢a hair…髣dimly髦long…髥a bear…髱the ba…屹to tow…冏bright佶sound奎the Le…炯bright
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 髟Map of reading ケイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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