頭髮

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Chinese

head; (noun suffix) hair
trad. (頭髮) 頭 髮
simp. (头发) 头 发

Etymology

Attested in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 頭 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 月 (68)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 度侯切 方伐切
Baxter duw pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dəu/ /pʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dəu/ /pʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dəu/ /piuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəw/ /puat̚/
Li
Rong 		/du/ /piuɐt̚/
Wang
Li 		/dəu/ /pĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱə̯u/ /pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tóu fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tau4 faat3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 頭 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tóu fà
Middle
Chinese 		‹ duw › ‹ pjot ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁo/ /*pot/
English head root; hair (of head)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頭 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2465 151
Phonetic
component 		豆 犮
Rime
group 		侯 月
Rime
subdivision 		0 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		頭 髮
Old
Chinese 		/*doː/ /*pod/

Noun

頭髮

  1. hair on the head (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 根 m; 縷／缕 m; 綹／绺 m)
    梳頭髮／梳头发  ―  shū tóufa  ―  to comb one's hair
    一縷頭髮／一缕头发  ―  yī lǚ tóufa  ―  a lock of hair
    種植頭髮／种植头发  ―  zhòngzhí tóufa  ―  to transplant hair
    我把頭髮染成了粉的。 [MSC, trad.]
    我把头发染成了粉的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bǎ tóufà rǎn chéng le fěn de.
    I dyed my hair pink.

Usage notes

For hair on other parts of the body, use 毛 (máo) instead.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頭髮 (“hair (on the head)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 髮, 頭毛, 鬊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 頭髮
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 頭髮
Taiwan 頭髮
Langfang 頭髮
Ulanhot 頭髮
Tongliao 頭髮
Chifeng 頭髮
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 頭髮
Harbin 頭髮
Shenyang 頭髮
Malaysia 頭髮
Singapore 頭髮
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 頭髮
Cangzhou 頭髮
Baoding 頭髮
Shijiazhuang 毛
Jinan 頭髮
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 頭髮
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 頭髮
Daming 頭髮
Wanrong 頭髮
Zhengzhou 頭髮
Xi'an 頭髮
Xining 頭髮
Xuzhou 頭髮, 毛兒 humorous
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 頭髮
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 頭髮
Bayanhot 頭髮
Lanzhou 頭髮
Ürümqi 頭髮
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 頭髮
Wuhan 頭髮
Guiyang 頭髮
Kunming 頭髮
Guilin 頭髮
Liuzhou 頭髮
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 頭髮
Yangzhou 頭髮
Hefei 頭髮
Chuzhou 頭毛
Cantonese Guangzhou 頭髮, 頭毛
Hong Kong 頭髮
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 頭毛
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 頭毛
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 頭那毛
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 頭毛
Macau 頭髮
Guangzhou (Panyu) 頭毛, 頭髮
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 頭髮
Guangzhou (Conghua) 頭髮, 頭毛
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 頭毛
Foshan 頭毛, 頭髮
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 頭髮
Foshan (Shunde) 頭髮
Foshan (Sanshui) 頭髮
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 頭髮
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頭毛
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 頭毛
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 頭毛
Zhuhai (Doumen) 頭毛
Jiangmen (Baisha) 頭毛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 頭毛
Taishan 頭毛
Kaiping (Chikan) 頭毛
Enping (Niujiang) 頭毛
Heshan (Yayao) 頭髮
Dongguan 頭毛
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 頭毛
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 頭毛
Qingyuan 頭髮
Fogang 頭髮
Yingde (Hanguang) 頭髮
Yangshan 頭髮
Lianshan (Butian) 頭毛
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 頭髮
Shaoguan 頭髮
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頭髮
Renhua 頭髮
Lechang 頭髮
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 頭髮
Sihui 頭髮
Guangning 頭髮
Deqing 頭髮
Huaiji 頭髮
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 頭髮
Yunfu 頭髮
Xinxing 頭髮
Luoding 頭髮
Yunan (Pingtai) 頭毛
Yangjiang 頭毛
Xinyi 頭毛
Maoming (Xinpo) 頭毛
Lianjiang 頭毛
Nanning 頭髮
Wuzhou 頭髮
Yulin 頭毛
Hepu (Lianzhou) 頭毛
Guiping 頭髮
Mengshan (Xihe) 頭髮
Guigang (Nanjiang) 頭髮
Beiliu (Tangliao) 頭毛
Baise 頭髮
Bobai 頭毛
Lingshan 頭毛
Pubei 頭毛
Qinzhou 頭毛
Beihai 頭髮, 頭毛
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 頭髮, 頭毛
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 頭髮
Ningming 頭髮
Hengzhou 頭毛
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 頭髮
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 頭髮, 頭毛
Danzhou 毛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 頭髮
Singapore (Guangfu) 頭髮
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 頭髮
Móng Cái 頭髮, 頭毛
Gan Nanchang 頭髮
Lichuan 頭髮
Pingxiang 頭髮
Jianning 頭髮
Taining 頭毛
Hakka Meixian 頭那毛
Xingning 毛
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 頭毛
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 頭毛
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 頭毛
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 頭毛
Huidong (Daling) 頭那毛
Dongguan (Qingxi) 頭那毛
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 頭髮
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 頭髮, 頭毛
Boluo (Bendihua) 頭毛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 頭那毛
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 頭那毛
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 毛, 頭那毛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Huacheng) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Changbu) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Mianyang) 頭那毛
Heyuan (Bendihua) 頭毛, 頭髮
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 頭毛
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 頭髮
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 頭髮
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 頭髮
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 頭髮
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 頭髮
Wengyuan 頭髮毛
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頭毛
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 頭毛
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 頭毛, 頭髮
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 頭髮
Liannan 頭髮
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 頭髮
Jiexi 頭那毛
Luhe 頭那毛
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 頭那毛
Changting 頭髮, 頭那毛
Wuping 頭髮
Wuping (Yanqian) 毛
Wuping (Pingyu) 頭髮毛
Liancheng 頭髮
Ninghua 腦毛
Yudu 頭髮
Ningdu 頭髮
Ruijin 頭髮
Shicheng 頭髮
Shangyou (Shexi) 頭髮
Tonggu (Sandu) 頭髮
Ganzhou (Panlong) 頭髮
Dayu 頭髮
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭那毛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頭那毛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頭那毛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頭那毛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頭那毛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭那毛
Hong Kong 頭那毛
Yangxi (Tangkou) 頭毛
Yangchun (Sanjia) 頭毛
Xinyi (Sihe) 頭髮
Xinyi (Qianpai) 頭髮
Gaozhou (Xindong) 頭毛
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 頭毛
Huazhou (Xin'an) 頭髮
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 頭毛
Lianjiang (Qingping) 頭毛
Mengshan (Xihe) 頭髮
Luchuan 頭毛
Luchuan (Daqiao) 頭毛
Sabah (Longchuan) 頭那毛
Senai (Huiyang) 頭那毛
Kuching (Hepo) 頭毛
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 頭那毛
Singkawang 頭那毛
Huizhou Jixi 頭毛, 頭髮
Huangshan (Tunxi) 頭髮
Jin Taiyuan 頭髮
Pingyao 頭髮
Xinzhou 頭髮
Taibus (Baochang) 頭髮
Linhe 頭髮
Jining 頭髮
Hohhot 頭髮
Baotou 頭髮
Dongsheng 頭髮
Haibowan 頭髮
Zhangjiakou 頭髮
Handan 頭髮
Northern Min Jian'ou 頭毛, 頭髮
Jian'ou (Dikou) 頭毛
Songxi 頭毛
Zhenghe 頭毛
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 頭毛
Jianyang 頭毛
Wuyishan 頭毛
Pucheng (Shibei) 頭毛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 頭髮
Fuqing 頭髮, 頭毛
Gutian 頭髮
Ningde 頭髮
Shouning 頭髮
Zhouning 頭髮
Fuding 頭髮
Matsu 頭髮
Southern Min Xiamen 頭毛, 頭鬃
Xiamen (Tong'an) 頭毛
Quanzhou 頭毛, 頭鬃
Jinjiang 頭毛, 頭鬃
Shishi 頭毛
Anxi 頭毛, 頭鬃
Yongchun 頭毛
Dehua 頭毛
Zhangzhou 頭毛, 頭鬃
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 頭毛
Zhao'an 頭毛
Dongshan 頭毛
Taipei 頭毛
New Taipei (Sanxia) 頭毛
Kaohsiung 頭毛
Yilan 頭毛
Changhua (Lukang) 頭毛
Taichung 頭毛, 頭鬃
Taichung (Wuqi) 頭毛
Tainan 頭毛
Taitung 頭毛
Hsinchu 頭毛, 頭鬃
Kinmen 頭毛
Penghu (Magong) 頭毛
Penang (Hokkien) 頭毛
Singapore (Hokkien) 頭毛, 頭鬃
Manila (Hokkien) 頭毛
Longyan 頭毛
Zhangping (Yongfu) 頭毛
Datian 頭毛
Pingnan (Shangdu) 頭毛
Chaozhou 頭毛
Shantou 頭毛
Shantou (Chenghai) 頭毛
Shantou (Chaoyang) 頭毛
Jieyang 頭毛
Lufeng 頭毛
Haifeng 頭毛
Bangkok (Teochew) 頭毛
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 頭毛
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 頭毛
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頭毛
Singapore (Teochew) 頭毛
Leizhou 頭毛
Wenchang 頭毛
Haikou 頭毛
Puxian Min Putian 頭髮
Fuding (Aoyao) 頭毛
Central Min Yong'an 頭髮
Sanming (Sanyuan) 頭髮
Sanming (Shaxian) 頭髮
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 頭髮
Guangze 頭髮
Jiangle 頭毛
Mingxi 頭毛
Shunchang 頭毛
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 頭毛
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 頭毛
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 頭髮
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 頭毛
Shehua Fu'an 頭毛
Fuding 頭毛
Luoyuan 頭毛
Sanming 頭毛
Shunchang 頭毛
Hua'an 頭毛
Guixi (Zhangping) 頭毛
Cangnan 頭毛
Jingning (Hexi) 頭毛
Lishui 頭毛
Longyou 頭毛
Chaozhou 頭毛
Fengshun 頭毛
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 腦毛
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 腦毛
Wu Shanghai 頭髮
Shanghai (Chongming) 頭毛
Suzhou 頭髮
Wuxi 頭髮
Danyang 頭髮, 頭髮絲, 頭毛 dated
Hangzhou 頭髮, 頭髮絲兒
Ningbo 頭髮, 頭毛 dated
Wenzhou 頭髮
Jinhua 頭髮
Xiang Changsha 頭髮
Loudi 頭絲
Shuangfeng 頭髮
Quanzhou 頭髮
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 腦毛

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭髮):
  • → Japanese: 頭髪(とうはつ) (tōhatsu)
  • → Korean: 두발(頭髮) (dubal)
  • Wutunhua: tekhua

    • Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    頭 髮
    とう
    Grade: 2     		はつ
    Jinmeiyō
    on'yomi

    Noun

    頭(とう)髮(はつ) • (tōhatsu) 

    1. Kyūjitai form of 頭髪 (“hair on the head”)

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    頭髮

    Noun

    頭髮 • (dubal) (hangeul 두발)

    1. hanja form? of 두발 (“hair on the head”)
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