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Kanji Detail for 幗 - "ornament"

  • Meaning

    幗 means "ornament."

    1. Ornament - A woman's hair decoration; a covering for hair.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    woman's head covering; veil

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    women's headgear; mourning cap

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cap worn by women; feminine

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    women's headgear; mourning cap

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Women's hair ornament. Hence, women are also called 巾幗. Yang Shengan said: Ancient paintings of women with dark cloth on their heads are this.
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