髪

See also: 髮

髪 U+9AEA, 髪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AEA ← 髩 [U+9AE9] CJK Unified Ideographs 髫 → [U+9AEB]

Translingual

Traditional	髮
Shinjitai	髪
Simplified	发

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 髮 (犮 → 友).

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 髪 – see 髮 (“hair; grass and trees; vegetation; etc.”). (This character, 髪, is a variant form of 髮.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	髪
Kyūjitai	髮

Kanji

髪

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 髮)

Readings

• Go-on: ほち (hochi)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: かみ (kami, 髪, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 艾髪(がいはつ) (gaihatsu, “the hair of an old person, an old person”)
• 仮髪(かはつ) (kahatsu, “wig, hairpiece”)
• 金髪(きんぱつ) (kinpatsu, “blond hair”)
• 銀髪(ぎんぱつ) (ginpatsu, “silver hair”)
• 束髪(そくはつ) (sokuhatsu, “bundling one's hair, or the hair so bundled; a pompadour-like traditional Japanese hairstyle for women”)
• 短髪(たんぱつ) (tanpatsu, “short hair”)
• 長髪(ちょうはつ) (chōhatsu, “long hair”)
• 緑髪(りょくはつ) (ryokuhatsu, “glossy black hair”)

Kanji in this term
髪
かみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
髮 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) かみ​ [kàmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲi]

Noun

髪(かみ) • (kami)  (kyūjitai 髮)

1. hair on the head

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 御下(おさ)げ髪(がみ) (osagegami, “pigtails worn over the shoulder”)
• 髪飾(かみかざ)り (kamikazari, “hair ornament”)
• 髪型(かみがた) (kamigata, “hairstyle”)
• 髪留(かみど)め (kamidome, “hairpin”)
• 黒髪(くろかみ) (kurokami, “black hair”)
• 前髪(まえがみ) (maegami, “bangs, fringe, hair in front of the forehead”)
• 縺(もつ)れ髪(がみ) (motsuregami, “tangled hair”)