Hanja Analyzer
髻

髻 — gye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
상투 계
Romanization
gye
English
hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, キツ, キチ, ケツ, ゲチ
Japanese kun'yomi
たぶさ みずら もとどり
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
髟 (190, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
吉
Unicode
U+9AFB

Parts that make up 髻

  • 髟 머리털 희뜩희뜩할 표, 깃발 날릴 표, 머리 늘일 표 길게 늘어뜨린 머리털머리털과 머리 모양
  • 吉 길할 길sound 제기 위에 무엇을 얹은 모양좋은 일. ‘길·결’ 계열의 소리

How 髻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 髻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 髟, 吉.

Japanese words with 髻

  • 髻もとどり place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
  • 肉髻にくけい ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head)
  • 鴉髻あけい jet-black hair
  • 髻華うず flower or branch fastened in the hair
  • 髻鬟けいかん bun (hair); topknot

Characters sharing the phonetic 吉

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

佶 劼 咭 姞 拮 桔 秸 結 蛣 袺 詰 頡 鮚 黠

Other hanja read “계”

乩 係 启 啓 啟 堦 堺 契 季 屆 悸 戒 桂 械 棨 溪 烓 界 瘈 癸 磎 禊 稽 笄 筓 系 継 綮 縘 繋 繫 繼 罽 葪 薊 計 誡 谿 階 雞 鳮 鷄

Other hanja with radical 髟

髟 髡 髢 髣 髥 髦 髧 髫 髭 髮 髯 髰 髲 髳 髴 髹 髺 髽 鬂 鬅 鬆 鬈 鬊 鬋 鬍 鬐 鬒 鬖 鬘 鬙 鬚 鬟 鬠 鬢 鬣

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