Definition of 鬢削ぎ (びんそぎ)

びんそ

鬢削ぎ

びんそぎ

binsogi

View details for kanji: 鬢View details for kanji: 削
noun
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cutting a person's sidelocks, evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era), ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)(archaism)
Other readings:
鬢そぎ【びんそぎ】
、
鬢枇【びんそぎ】
、
鬢曽木【びんそぎ】
、
鬢除ぎ【びんそぎ】
Related Kanji
鬢 sideburns
削 plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
枇 loquat, spoon
曽 formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-
木 tree, wood
除 exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except