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Meaning of 笄

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Pinyin:
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:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bamboo) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
    • [ kāi ] to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
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Example Words
及笄 to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
年方及笄 nián fāng just of marriageable age (said of a girl) (idiom)
笄之年 zhī nián beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄冠 guān to have just attained maturity (traditional)
笄年 nián beginning of maturity (of a girl)
More: 笄* | *笄 | *笄*
Example Sentences
1
It consists capping ceremony(the boys) and hair-pinning ceremony(the girls).
2
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We suggest you to use it immediately after purchasing it.
3
The traditional ritual ceremony consists of adult men and women of the hairpin Rites ceremony two categories.