辫 biàn braid
braid; pigtail; plait; queue
How to remember 辫: 辛 spicy + 纟 thread + 辛 spicy = braid. Before the spicy hotpot arrives, Grandma ties the girl's hair with a red thread so no spicy broth gets into her braid.
Component breakdown
辫 = 辛 spicy + 纟 thread + 辛 spicy
- 辛 spicy
- 纟 thread
- 辛 spicy
Before the spicy hotpot arrives, Grandma ties the girl's hair with a red thread so no spicy broth gets into her braid.
How it is used
- 'Braid/plait' - 辫子 (biànzi) a braid, or historically the queue (pigtail) worn under the Qing.
- 抓辫子 (zhuā biànzi), literally 'to grab someone's pigtail', is an idiom for seizing on someone's weakness or slip to attack them.