06442 Chinese character of 笄 and pronounce gai1

The Chinese character【笄】is used to describe culture or history, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Ancient women’s hair accessories.

Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【笄】:jī

Cantonese Jyutping of 【笄】:gai1

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【笄】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【笄】, for example:For cultural or historical descriptions , It mainly means ancient women’s hair accessories.The depth of meaning in Chinese characters encompasses intricate interpretations, some of which may be difficult to fully articulate here.

【笄】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【笄年】(Mandarin Pinyin:jī nián/ Cantonese Jyutping:gai1 nin4)

This character has a total of 10 strokes,It is an obscure Chinese character that may only be found in ancient texts,Here’s a sample sentence featuring this character.:


古代女子使用笄髮以固定髮型。

In ancient times, women used hairpins to fix their hairstyle.


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