髻

髻 U+9AFB, 髻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AFB ← 髺 [U+9AFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 髼 → [U+9AFC]

Translingual

Han character

髻 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹土口 (SHGR), four-corner 7260₁, composition ⿱髟吉)

References

• KangXi: page 1454, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45442
• Dae Jaweon: page 1985, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4523, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9AFB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		髻
alternative forms		䯻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
秸	*kriːl, *kriːd
髻	*kiːds
夡	*kʰids
鴶	*kriːd
袺	*kriːd, *kiːd
頡	*kriːd, *ɡiːd
劼	*kʰriːd
硈	*kʰriːd
咭	*kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠	*ɡriːd
聐	*ŋreːd
趌	*ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
結	*kiːd
拮	*kiːd, *klid
桔	*kiːd
狤	*kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
擷	*qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
襭	*ɡiːd
翓	*ɡiːd
纈	*ɡiːd
吉	*klid
郆	*kid
詰	*kʰid
蛣	*kʰid
佶	*ɡlid, *ɡrid
鮚	*ɡrid
姞	*ɡrid
欯	*qʰlid
恄	*qʰlid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kiːds): semantic 髟 (“long hair”) + phonetic 吉 (OC *klid).

Etymology

From 結 (OC *kiːd, “to tie”) + exopassive nominal suffix *-s, literally “something tied” (Baxter and Sagart, 1997, 2014; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ki

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gi⁴

• Min Bei (KCR): go̿
• Min Dong (BUC): guói
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kè / kèr / kòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ / gi³

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁴jiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³
    • Yale: gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ci⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: go̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè
    • Tâi-lô: kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kex
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr
    • Tâi-lô: kèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /kə³¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kə¹²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /kue²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guê³ / gi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè / kì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³/, /ki²¹³/

Note:

• guê3 - vernacular;
• gi3 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ⁴jiq
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kei^H/

Rime
Character	髻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古詣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keiH/
Pan Wuyun	/keiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjH/
Li Rong	/keiH/
Wang Li	/kieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤi[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kiːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	髻
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ kejH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁi[t]-s/
English	hair-knot, chignon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髻
Reading #	1/1
No.	5669
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	計
Old Chinese	/*kiːds/

Definitions

髻

1. hair worn in a bun or coil; topknot

Compounds

Derived terms from 髻

• 三角髻
• 丫髻 (yājì)
• 丱髻
• 丸髻
• 仙髻
• 佛髻
• 假髻
• 剔髻
• 包髻
• 半翻髻
• 危髻
• 叉手髻
• 合髻
• 同心髻
• 囚髻
• 垂髻
• 孖髻
• 宜春髻
• 峨髻
• 抓髻
• 散髻
• 新髻
• 朝天髻
• 椎髻
• 椎髻卉裳
• 椎髻左言
• 椎髻箕坐
• 椎髻髽首
• 楂髻
• 毛髻
• 玄髻
• 珠髻
• 科髻
• 翠髻
• 翦髻
• 肉髻
• 蒲桃髻
• 螺髻
• 螺髻梵志
• 衣香髻影
• 角髻
• 解散髻
• 青螺髻

• 青髻
• 高髻
• 髫髻
• 髴髻
• 髷髻
• 髻丫
• 髻仔鬃
• 髻子
• 髻影
• 髻根
• 髻珠
• 髻簪
• 髻荷
• 髻螺
• 髻角
• 髻髽
• 髻鬃
• 髻鬟
• 髽髻
• 鬈髻
• 鬋髻
• 鬏髻
• 鬒髻
• 鬟髻
• 魋髻
• 髻梁
• 倭墮髻／倭堕髻 (wōduòjì)
• 凌雲髻／凌云髻
• 包髻團衫／包髻团衫
• 反綰髻／反绾髻
• 咼墮髻／呙堕髻
• 墜馬髻／坠马髻
• 墜髻／坠髻
• 墮馬髻／堕马髻
• 墮髻／堕髻
• 墯馬髻／墯马髻
• 宮髻／宫髻
• 寶髻／宝髻
• 廣袖高髻／广袖高髻
• 慵粧髻／慵妆髻
• 懶髻／懒髻
• 拋家髻／抛家髻
• 擁髻／拥髻

• 擷子髻／撷子髻
• 椎髻鳥語／椎髻鸟语
• 流蘇髻／流苏髻
• 渾骨丫髻／浑骨丫髻
• 烏紗髻／乌纱髻
• 烏蠻髻／乌蛮髻
• 百葉髻／百叶髻
• 盤桓髻／盘桓髻
• 盤龍髻／盘龙髻
• 綰髻／绾髻
• 總髻／总髻
• 總髻交／总髻交
• 纈子髻／缬子髻
• 纏髻兒／缠髻儿
• 羅髻／罗髻
• 義髻／义髻
• 螺絲髻／螺丝髻
• 詭髻／诡髻
• 辮髻／辫髻
• 長髻／长髻
• 雞髻／鸡髻
• 雲髻／云髻
• 靈蛇髻／灵蛇髻
• 頂髻／顶髻
• 項髻／项髻
• 頭髻／头髻
• 飛天髻／飞天髻
• 髮髻／发髻 (fàjì)
• 髻叢／髻丛
• 髻寶／髻宝
• 髻盤／髻盘
• 髻釵／髻钗
• 髻雲／髻云
• 髻髮／髻发
• 髻鬢／髻鬓
• 髻鳳／髻凤
• 髻鴉／髻鸦
• 鬢髻／鬓髻
• 鬧掃髻／闹扫髻
• 鳳髻／凤髻
• 鴉髻／鸦髻
• 鸞髻／鸾髻
• 龍鳳髻／龙凤髻

Japanese

Kanji

髻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: もとどり (motodori, 髻)^{←もとどり (motodori, historical)}; みずら (mizura, 髻)^{←みづら (midura, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

髻 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

髻: Hán Nôm readings: kế

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References

• Nom Foundation