Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 犮 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
髪
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
髪
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
髪
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
髪
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
髪
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
髪
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
髪
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
髪
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
髪
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Example Sentences
Japanese Names
髪 ひげ
Hige unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (99)
头发 [tóufa] #790
hair (on the head)
发型 [fàxíng] #2,566
hairstyle
金发 [jīnfà] #2,738
blond
令人发指 [lìngrénfàzhǐ] #20,586
to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
假发 [jiǎfà] #4,875
wig
剃发令 [tìfàlìng]
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
剃发留辫 [tìfàliúbiàn]
to shave the head but keep the queue
削发 [xuēfà] #47,559
to shave one's head
剪头发 [jiǎntóufa]
(to get a) haircut
千钧一发 [qiānjūnyīfà] #26,743
a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (152)
黒髪 [くろかみ] #3,362
black hair
⭐ 髪の毛 [かみのけ] #3,455
hair (on the head)
⭐ 金髪 [きんぱつ] #3,572
blond hair
⭐ 前髪 [まえがみ] #5,112
forelock
⭐ 髪型 [かみがた] #6,323
hair style
⭐ 白髪 [しらが] #8,661
white hair
銀髪 [ぎんぱつ] #8,855
silver hair
髪飾り [かみかざり] #11,865
hair ornament
⭐ 間一髪 [かんいっぱつ] #12,875
hair's breadth
長髪 [ちょうはつ] #13,123
long hair (usu. of a man)
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