髪

See also 髮

Translingual

shinjitai	髪
simplified	发
traditional	髮

Etymology

Japanese Simplified from 髮.

Han character

髪 (radical 190 髟+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹大水 (SHKE))

1. hair

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1453, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45387
• Dae Jaweon: page 1983, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4519, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9AEA

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Japanese

Kanji

髪 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: はつ (hatsu)
• Kun: かみ (kami)

Noun

髪 (hiragana かみ, romaji kami)

1. hair

Derived terms

• 髪が薄い (かみがうすい, kamigausui) have thin hair
• 髪を垂らす (かみをたらす, kami o tarasu) to let one's hair hang down
• 髪を梳かす (かみをとかす, kami o tokasu) to comb (one's hair)
• ふさふさした髪 (ふさふさしたかみ, fusa fusa shita kami) bushy hair

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Mandarin

Hanzi

髪 (pinyin fà (fa4), Wade-Giles fa⁴)