| 笄 | |||
| hairpin; fifteen year old girl | |||
| Radical | 竹𥫗 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | jī | Cantonese reading | gai1 |
| Japanese on reading | kei | Japanese kun reading | kougai |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| 笄 | |||
| hairpin; fifteen year old girl | |||
| Radical | 竹𥫗 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | jī | Cantonese reading | gai1 |
| Japanese on reading | kei | Japanese kun reading | kougai |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| 笄 | [ jī ] 15 years old, hairpin for bun |
| 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) |
| 笄蛭 | [ jī zhì ] a kind of earthworm |
| ⇒ 及笄 | [ jí jī ] to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday) |