びん
鬢
そ
削
　
ぎ

noun

Archaism.
  1. 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).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
びん
鬢
そ
削
　
ぎ
 鬢削ぎ びんそぎ
びん
鬢
　
そ
　
ぎ
 鬢そぎ びんそぎ
びんそぎ
鬢枇
 鬢枇 びんそぎ
びん
鬢
そ
曽
ぎ
木
 鬢曽木 びんそぎ
びん
鬢
そ
除
　
ぎ
 鬢除ぎ びんそぎ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sideburns
ビン (Kentei 1)
hair hanging long, mane, long hair radical (no.190)
ヒュウ　ヒョウ (Kentei 1)
long, leader, superior
チョウ　なが.い　おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment, (衣 variant)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン　セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
V.I.P., guest
ヒン　まろうど　したがう (Early High School, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
few, little
すこ.し　ショウ　すく.ない (2nd, N4)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
plane, sharpen, whittle
けず.る　サク　そ.ぐ (Late Jr. High, N1)
resemblance
ショウ　あやか.る (Early High School, N1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ