髥

Translingual

Han character

髥 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹月一一 (SHBMM), composition ⿱髟冄)

1. beard
2. mustache

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1452, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45375
• Dae Jaweon: page 1983, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4519, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9AE5

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 髥 – see 髯 (“whiskers; beard; person with a lot of beard”). (This character is a variant form of 髯).

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Japanese

Kanji

髥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beard
2. mustache

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜん (zen), ねん (nen)
• Kun: おおひげ (oohige)

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Korean

Hanja

髥 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

1. beard
2. mustache