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

  1. cutting a person's sidelocks
  2. evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era)
  3. 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

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

削減

さくげん

cut

削除

さくじょ

deletion

削る

けずる

to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.)

添削

てんさく

correction

掘削

くっさく

digging out

削り節

けずりぶし

flaked bonito

削り取る

けずりとる

to shave off

粗削り

あらけずり

rough-hewn

人員削減

じんいんさくげん

personnel reduction

行政紙削減法

ぎょうせいしさくげんほう

Government Paperwork Elimination Act (USA)

経費削減

けいひさくげん

reduction of expenditure

自動削除

じどうさくじょ

automatic deletion