Word Meaning 鬢枇

びんそぎ binsogi

鬢枇 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
  • 鬢削ぎ びんそぎ binsogi
  • 鬢除ぎ びんそぎ binsogi
  • 鬢曽木 びんそぎ binsogi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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