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笄
jī
hairpin; fifteen-year-old girl
🔤 Pictophonetic:
⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 开 provides pronunciation
Words Using 笄 (6)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
及笄
jíjī
to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
及笄
jíjī
to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
笄
jī
15 years old / hairpin for bun
笄
jī
15 years old / hairpin for bun
笄之年
jīzhīnián
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄之年
jīzhīnián
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄冠
jīguān
to have just attained maturity (traditional)
笄冠
jīguān
to have just attained maturity (traditional)
笄年
jīnián
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄年
jīnián
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄蛭
jīzhì
a kind of earthworm
笄蛭
jīzhì
a kind of earthworm
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿱⺮开
i
Component Tree i
kāi
开
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
💡 Ideographic:
Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door
4 strokes
HSK 1