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髻 [jì]
1. A hair bun or knot arranged on the top of the head or at the back of the head.
- 盘在头顶或脑后的发结:hair bun.
- Examples:
- 髻丫: hair knot arranged on the sides of the head.
- 髻鬟: a particular style of hair bun.
- 发髻: the term for a hair bun as well.
本义: 发髻 (original meaning: hair bun)
造字法: 形声 (pictophonetic) - incorporates 髟 (biāo), indicating a relation to hair, with a phonetic component suggesting auspiciousness.
引 (references):
1. From the poem "陌上桑": "The bun on her head is a small one."
2. From "核舟记" by 魏学洢: "Leaning back with her hair in a topknot."
3. From "祭妹文" by 袁枚: "You styled your hair into two buns (髻, referring to the hair knots on the head)."
例 (examples):
- 髻珠: a pearl in the hair bun; metaphorically refers to the main theme or essence.
- 髻丫: a hair knot arranged on the sides of the head.
- 髻根: the base of the hair bun, twisted like roots.
- 髻子: another term for a hair bun, indicating hair gathered back into a knot.