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    3. 御高祖頭巾

    御高祖頭巾

    御お高こ祖そ頭ず巾きん

    okoso-zukin

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsFashion & BeautyKanji Vocab50 strokes

    お高祖頭巾おこそ頭巾

    おこそずきん

    Noun

    1.
    okoso-zukin, kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 50

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    御
    おん-・お-・み-…(3)
    honorable・manipulate・govern
    高
    たか.い・たか・-だか・たか.まる・たか.める…(6)
    tall・high・expensive
    祖
    ancestor・pioneer・founder
    頭
    あたま・かしら・-がしら・かぶり…(8)
    head・counter for large animals
    巾
    おお.い・ちきり・きれ…(2)
    towel・hanging scroll・width・cloth radical (no. 50)
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