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Translingual
Han character
髪 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹大水 (SHKE), composition ⿱髟友)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 髪 – see 髮 (“hair; grass and trees; vegetation; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 髮). |
Japanese
Glyph origin
Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 髮 (犮 → 友).
Kanji
髪
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 髮)
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 艾髪 (gaihatsu, “the hair of an old person, an old person”)
- 辮髪 (benpatsu, “queue; ponytail”)
- 仮髪 (kahatsu, “wig, hairpiece”)
- 金髪 (kinpatsu, “blond hair”)
- 銀髪 (ginpatsu, “silver hair”)
- 束髪 (sokuhatsu, “bundling one's hair, or the hair so bundled; a pompadour-like traditional Japanese hairstyle for women”)
- 短髪 (tanpatsu, “short hair”)
- 長髪 (chōhatsu, “long hair”)
- 緑髪 (ryokuhatsu, “glossy black hair”)
| Alternative spelling
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| 髮 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
髪 • (kami)
- hair on the head
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 御下げ髪 (osagegami, “pigtails worn over the shoulder”)
- 髪飾り (kamikazari, “hair ornament”)
- 髪型 (kamigata, “hairstyle”)
- 髪留め (kamidome, “hairpin”)
- 髪の毛 (kaminoke, “hair on the head”)
- 黒髪 (kurokami, “black hair”)
- 前髪 (maegami, “bangs, fringe, hair in front of the forehead”)
- 縺れ髪 (motsuregami, “tangled hair”)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN