髭

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Translingual

Han character

髭 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹卜一心 (SHYMP), four-corner 72111, composition ⿱髟此)

  1. mustache

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1453, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45399
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1984, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4524, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9AED

Chinese

trad. 髭
simp. # 髭
alternative forms
 
頿
頾
𩑽
𨱲
𨲝
頿
頾
𩑽
𨱲
𨲝
𨲦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 髭
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
些 *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐 *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴 *zreː
祡 *zreː
茈 *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦 *zreːs
砦 *zraːds
寨 *zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙 *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉 *sʰeːʔ
鮆 *zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥 *zeːs, *zes
貲 *ʔse
髭 *ʔse
頾 *ʔse
訾 *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜 *ʔse, *ze
鈭 *ʔse, *sʰe
姕 *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜 *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫 *ʔseʔ
訿 *ʔseʔ
呰 *ʔseʔ
嘴 *ʔseʔ
雌 *sʰe
此 *sʰeʔ
佌 *sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛 *sʰes
疵 *ze
骴 *ze, *zes
胔 *ze, *zes
飺 *ze
齜 *ʔsre

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔse) : semantic 髟 + phonetic 此 (OC *sʰeʔ).

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 髭
Reading # 1/1
No. 1703
Phonetic
component 		此
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		貲
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔse/
Notes 頾字注或體

Definitions

髭

  1. moustache

Japanese

Kanji

髭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. mustache

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
髭
ひげ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 髭 – see the following entry.
【ひげ】
(broadly) facial hair on the upper lip region, the chin, and the cheeks
髭: mustache
(figurative) whiskers (of animals)
(figurative) antennae (of insects)
(figurative) corn silk
Alternative spellings
鬚, 髯
(This term, 髭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

髭 (eum 자 (ja))

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