丫髻 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yājì

topknot

yā forked

Pictograph of a forked tree.

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qraː

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

jì, jié hair rolled up in a bun

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components

髟 Meaning component

biāo, piào, shān long hair

吉 Sound component

jí lucky

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kejH	kˤi[t]-s	hair-knot, chignon
Zhengzhang		kiːds
Unicode	gèi

說文解字

緫髮也。从髟吉聲。古通用結。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)