鬢
sideburns
Readings
On'yomi
- ビン
- ヒン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
鬢 refers specifically to sideburns, the hair growing on the sides of the face in front of the ears.
Most common words using 鬢
- 両鬢りょうびん
sideburns; hair at the sides of the head
- 乱鬢らんびん
disheveled hair; dishevelled hair; unkempt hair
- 双鬢そうびん
side locks
- 小鬢こびん
lock of hair (on the side of the head)
- 撥鬢ばちびん
Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)
- 燈籠鬢とうろうびん
Edo-period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; lantern sideburns
- 糸鬢いとびん
itobin; 17th century male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)
- 糸鬢奴いとびんやっこ
person sporting an itobin hairstyle
- 雲鬢花顔うんびんかがん
beautiful woman (metaphorical)
- 鬢びん
sidelocks; hair at the temples
- 鬢とろびんとろ
albacore belly
- 鬢付けびんつけ
pomade; pomatum; hair oil
- 鬢付け油びんつけあぶら
pomade; pomatum; hair oil
- 鬢切りびんきり
binkiri; Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears
- 鬢削ぎびんそぎ
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)
- 鬢差しびんさし
bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period)
- 鬢髪びんぱつ
hair at the temples; hair at the sides of the head
Study
Etymology
鬢 combines 髟 (hair) with 賓, which likely contributes the sound ヒン/ビン and may relate to the idea of something at the side or temple area. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 髟 shows long hair, and the bottom 賓 looks like a guest with a roof and a shell. Imagine a guest whose hair is styled so that the sideburns are especially prominent.
Reading mnemonic
For ビン, picture a bin (a container) placed beside the face, and the sideburns are the hair that falls right next to it: bin -> ビン.