Chinese Word: 笄 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

笄

Pinyin: jī

English Definition: 15 years old; hairpin for bun

Chinese Definition:
①古代的一种簪子，用来插住挽起的头发，或插住帽子：发笄。弁笄。
②古代特指女子十五岁可以盘发插笄的年龄，即成年：及笄。笄年。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 竹

Pictophonetic:开 indicates the sound; ⺮ (bamboo) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- 开 [ kāi ] to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

Similar Characters: 筓弃

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及笄	jí jī	to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
年方及笄	nián fāng jí jī	just of marriageable age (said of a girl) (idiom)
笄之年	jī zhī nián	beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄冠	jī guān	to have just attained maturity (traditional)
笄年	jī nián	beginning of maturity (of a girl)

1		nán hái 男孩 yào 要 jìn xíng 进行 guàn 冠 lǐ 礼， nǚ hái 女孩 yào 要 jìn xíng 进行 jiā 加 jī 笄 lǐ 礼。 It consists capping ceremony(the boys) and hair-pinning ceremony(the girls).
2		suǒ yǐ 所以， jiàn yì 建议 nín 您 gòu mǎi 购买 hòu 后 jī 笄 zhí jiē 直接 dǎ kāi 打开 shǐ yòng 使用。 We suggest you to use it immediately after purchasing it.
3		chuán tǒng 传统 de 的 chéng rén 成人 lǐ yí 礼仪 yí shì 仪式 zhǔ yào 主要 fēn wéi 分为 nán zǐ 男子 de 的 guàn 冠 lǐ 礼 yǔ 与 nǚ zǐ 女子 de 的 jī 笄 lǐ 礼 liǎng 两 dà 大 lèi 类。 The traditional ritual ceremony consists of adult men and women of the hairpin Rites ceremony two categories.