16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

topknot

Kun'yomi
  • bun (hairstyle)
  • わげ
On'yomi
  • キョク

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

まげ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

topknot
まげ キョク わげ (Kentei 1)
hair hanging long, mane, long hair radical (no.190)
ヒュウ ヒョウ (Kentei 1)
long, leader, superior
チョウ なが.い おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
bend, music, melody
キョク ま.がる くま (3rd, N3)

Common Words

bun (hairstyle)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top ②men's hairstyle (Edo period)
ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
hairdressing of a wrestler's top-knot
type of male haircut (Edo period)
hair tied with red yak's tail hair
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References

Unicode hex code 9AF7
JIS X 0208 1-81-94
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5260
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6810
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 45426
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3j13.1
Four corner code 7260.2