笄

jī

Meanings

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jī

1.15 years old
2.hairpin for bun

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Wiktionary

1.hairpin of women, perhaps made of bamboo
2.to become an adult at age 15 and start wearing a hairpin

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kŋeː): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn). See also the top component of 每.

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Stroke order

Components

笄⺮开

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Derived terms

副笄加笄及笄弱笄既笄磨笄笄丱笄冠笄字笄年笄禮笄礼編笄编笄香笄香笄腳香笄脚驢生笄角驴生笄角骨笄

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Related words

笄蛭 a kind of earthworm 笄年 beginning of maturity (of a girl)笄冠 to have just attained maturity (traditional)及笄 to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)