鬢削ぎ

びんそぎ

Also written 鬢そぎ, 鬢枇, 鬢曽木, 鬢除ぎ

Meanings

1. Noun 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)

Kanji

• 鬢 sideburns. Read as ビン.
• 削 shave. Read as そぐ.

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