髻

髻	U+9AFB, 髻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AFB

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 Dictionary: 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／形声, 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
Northern Min (KCR): go̿
Eastern Min (BUC): guói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kè / kèr / kòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ / gi³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: go̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷ciq
  - MiniDict: cih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kejH

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
Baxter	kejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛj^H/
Li Rong	/kei^H/
Wang Li	/kiei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiei^H/
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	‹ kej^H ›
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

hair worn in a bun or coil; topknot

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

髻

(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, 髻, historical)}、みずら (mizura, 髻)^{←みづら (midura, 髻, 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

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