肉髻

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Chinese

meat; flesh hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
simp. and trad.
(肉髻) 		肉 髻
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Etymology

Borrowed ultimately from Sanskrit उष्णीष (uṣṇīṣa).

Pronunciation

Noun

肉髻

  1. (Buddhism) ushnisha, the fleshy swelling or top-knot on the head in depictions of the Buddha.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉髻):
  • → Korean: 육계(肉髻) (yukgye)

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