髻 = 髟 + 吉

髻 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “hair rolled up in a bun”. It is built from 髟 (hair) and 吉 (lucky).

Keyword: hair rolled up in a bun
Pinyin (Mandarin): jì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: hair rolled up in a bun, topknot, волосы, свернутые в булочку, топконт, topknot

Decomposition

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髟 hair
吉 lucky

How to find 髻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hair” + “lucky”. 髻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 髻 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.