釵

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 钗
Variants: 叉

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chāi, chā
Cantonese: caa1 caai1
JapaneseKun: KANZASHI
JapaneseOn: SA SAI
Korean: CHAY CHA
Vietnamese: thoa

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ornamental hairpin

CE-Dict: hairpin

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a hairpin

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: hairpin

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hairpin

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《金部》釵笄屬。从金叉聲。本只作叉，此字後人所加。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】釵
【唐韻】楚佳切【集韻】【韻會】初佳切，𠀤音叉。【說文】筓屬。本只作叉，此字後人所加。【玉篇】婦人岐筓也。【司馬相如·美人賦】玉釵挂臣冠。【秦嘉·與婦徐淑書】今致寶釵一雙，可耀首。【曹植·美女篇】頭上金爵釵。　又金釵股，藥名。【本草綱目】李時珍曰：石斛，狀似金釵，故名。又忍冬藤，解毒。亦號金釵股。　又【韻補】叶稱支切，音鴟。【繁欽·定情詩】何以慰別離，耳後玳瑁釵。　又叶千古切，音楚。【毛詩·註疏】欲買赭，不謂竈下有黃土。欲買釵，不謂山中自有楛。

CF-Dict: épingle à cheveux/broche