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Readings

Kana: キョク、まげ、わげ
Romaji: kyoku, mage, wage
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

topknot

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  190
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-10-6
Korean Reading:  gog
Chinese Reading:  qu1
Unicode:  9af7
JIS:  717E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5260
New Nelson Index: 6810
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3j13.1
Four Corner Index: 7260.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 45426
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0644

Words

(まげ)
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
付け髷 (つけまげ)
hairpiece; fall; false coiffure
大銀杏髷 (おおいちょうまげ)
ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
笄髷 (こうがいわげ)
type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)
兵庫髷 (ひょうごわげ)
female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period
丸髷 (まるまげ、まるわげ)
traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
髷結い (まげゆい)
hairdressing of a wrestler's top-knot
丁髷 (ちょんまげ)
topknot (hair style)
本多髷 (ほんだまげ)
type of male haircut (Edo period)
島田髷 (しまだまげ、しまだわげ)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
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