Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 須 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鬚)
Simplified (须)
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髡 scalping髦 flowing hair of髫 children's hair style髭 mustache髮 hair of the head (trad)髯 beard髴 disheveled hair髹 red lacquer髻 hair rolled up in a bun鬃 neck鬄 wig鬆 loose (trad)鬈 fine growth of鬍 beard (trad)鬏 a coiffure on鬒 black hair鬓 hair (simp)鬟 dress hair in coiled knot鬢 hair on temples (trad)鬣 horse's mane
Chinese
须 / 鬚 [xū]
beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
Japanese
noun
- moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns (in careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers)
- whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft
- shadow (on a candlestick chart) (usu. ヒゲ)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (26)
胡须 [húxū] #11,219
beard
剃须刀 [tìxūdāo] #22,164
shaver
须眉 [xūméi] #58,250
man or men (formal)
须发 [xūfà] #38,309
hair and beard
触须 [chùxū] #36,578
tentacles
根须 [gēnxū] #60,542
roots
溜须拍马 [liūxūpāimǎ] #65,107
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
须子 [xūzi] #57,035
feelers (zoology)
须鲸 [xūjīng] #57,902
baleen whale
须生 [xūshēng] #59,711
see 老生[lǎoshēng]
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JAPANESE WORDS (23)
⭐ 髭 [ひげ] #8,649
moustache
口ひげ [くちひげ] #32,075
moustache
顎髭 [あごひげ] #37,729
beard (esp. on the chin)
白髭 [しろひげ] #49,909
grey moustache
ひげを生やす [ひげをはやす] #80,501
to grow a beard
髭もじゃ [ひげもじゃ] #81,023
bearded
赤ひげ [あかひげ] #86,399
red beard
青ひげ [あおひげ] #108,900
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks
虎髭 [とらひげ] #159,562
bristly beard
巻きひげ [まきひげ] #170,200
tendril
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