Word Meaning 鬢削ぎ
びんそぎ
binsogi
鬢削ぎ is read as びんそぎ (binsogi) and means cutting a person's sidelocks.
Meaning
English
- cutting a person's sidelocks
- evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era)
- ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)
Reading
Kana
びんそぎ
Romaji
binsogi
Writing Variants
- 鬢そぎ びんそぎ binsogi
- 鬢除ぎ びんそぎ binsogi
- 鬢曽木 びんそぎ binsogi
- 鬢枇 びんそぎ binsogi