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及笄
jí​jī

to turn fifteen

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及笄 jí​jī to turn fifteen

(literary) to reach the age of fifteen, the traditional marriageable age for a girl; in ancient China, girls at fifteen would tie up their hair and pin it with a 笄 jī to mark becoming an adult

References

see 及笄之年/及笄之年 → 及笄/及笄
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