curly hair; frizzy hair; kinky hair
Refers to hair that is tightly curled, frizzy, or kinky. Can be used for natural curl or humidity-induced frizz.
She has naturally curly hair.
My hair gets really frizzy on rainy days.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 縮れ (chijire, 'curling, frizzing', from verb 縮れる) and 毛 (ke, 'hair').