髷 — kanji meaning “topknot”
髷
topknot
- Meanings
- topknot
- On'yomi
- キョク (kyoku)
- Kun'yomi
- まげ、わげ
- Strokes
- 16
- Classical radical
- 190
- Chinese reading
- qū
Words with 髷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁髷 | ちょんまげ chonmage | chonmage; topknot hairstyle worn by men in the Edo period, and sumo wrestlers today |
| 丸髷 | まるまげ marumage | traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top |
| 付け髷 | つけまげ tsukemage | hairpiece; fall; false coiffure |
| 大銀杏髷 | おおいちょうまげ ooichoumage | ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers |
| 髷結い | まげゆい mageyui | hairdressing of a wrestler's top-knot |
| 忍髷 | しのぶわげ shinobuwage | shinobu-wake; mid-18th century women's hairstyle consisting of a chignon with a small ring of hair on either side fastened with a hairpin |
| 兵庫髷 | ひょうごわげ hyougowage | female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period |
| 島田髷 | しまだまげ shimadamage | pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure |
| 笄髷 | こうがいわげ kougaiwage | type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) |
| 天神髷 | てんじんまげ tenjinmage | tenjin hairstyle |
| 本多髷 | ほんだまげ hondamage | type of male haircut (Edo period) |
| 赤熊髷 | しゃぐままげ shagumamage | hair tied with red yak's tail hair |
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