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body piercing

opening in the body created by an act or practice of body piercing, form of body modification
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Summary

body piercing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,970 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: hole[2], body modification[3]
  • Commons category: Body piercing[4]
  • Has cause: body piercing[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Body piercing[6]
  • Commons gallery: Body piercing[7]
  • Used by: human[8]
  • History of topic: history of piercing[9]
  • Uses: body piercing jewellery[10], body piercing material[11]
  • Hashtag: piercing[12]
  • Practiced by: body piercer[13]

Why It Matters

body piercing has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). body piercing. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/body-piercing
MLA “body piercing.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/body-piercing.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_body-piercing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{body piercing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/body-piercing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 001691
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 001691, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157137365|body piercing (#157137365)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex, and Se"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → body-piercing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: body-piercing, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910741|body piercing (#289910741)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0225568-piercing
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0225568-piercing, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    History of topic → history of piercing
    Subclass of → hole, body modification
    Has cause → body piercing
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 20262, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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