髮

See also: 发 and 髪

髮	U+9AEE, 髮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AEE

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[U+9AED]

CJK Unified Ideographs

髯 →
[U+9AEF]

Translingual

Traditional	髮
Shinjitai	髪
Simplified	发

Han character

髮 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹戈大水 (SHIKE) or 尸竹戈大大 (SHIKK), four-corner 7244₇, composition ⿱髟犮)

Derived characters

𬒨, 𧸻, 𬟂, 𩠷

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1453, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45400
Dae Jaweon: page 1984, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4521, character 12
Unihan data for U+9AEE

Chinese

trad.		髮
simp.		发^*
alternative forms		髪／发𩠖 ancient 𩑛 ancient 𩑱 ancient 𤕥 ancient

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (犮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
軷	boːds, boːd
韍	bruds, pud
祓	pods, pʰud
蛂	*blɯːd
拔	bruːd, boːd, *bod
菝	bruːd, boːd
袚	*poːd
茇	*poːd
盋	*poːd
帗	poːd, pud
跋	*boːd
魃	*boːd
䣮	*boːd
馛	*boːd
炦	*boːd
颰	boːd, pod
妭	*boːd
犮	*boːd
胈	*boːd
鈸	*boːd
苃	*boːd
坺	boːd, bod
髮	*pod
冹	pod, pud
瞂	*bod
紱	*pud
黻	*pud
翇	*pud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pod) : semantic 髟 (“long hair”) + phonetic 犮 (OC *boːd).

However, the original form 𩠙 was composed by 首 and 犬 (according to Takashi Takada 高田忠周, it's the contraction of 犮).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-pu. Alternatively, it may be derived from 發 (OC *pad, “to sprout”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fà, fǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˋ, ㄈㄚˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fa²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фа (fa, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat³ / fat³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fat²
Gan (Wiktionary): fat⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fat

(Meixian, Guangdong): fad¹
Jin (Wiktionary): fah⁴
Northern Min (KCR): bṳĕ / huă
Eastern Min (BUC): huók / huák
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bue⁵ / huah⁶ / huoh⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ / huêg⁴
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷faq / ⁷faeq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fà
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fà
  - Wade–Giles: fa⁴
  - Yale: fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fah
  - Palladius: фа (fa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎ
  - Wade–Giles: fa³
  - Yale: fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faa
  - Palladius: фа (fa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fa²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фа (fa, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faat³ / fat³
  - Yale: faat / fat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ / fat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ / fed³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³/, /fɐt̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fat²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fat̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fat⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fat̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fad¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: fah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /faʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bṳĕ / huă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pyɛ²⁴/, /xua²⁴/

Note:

bṳĕ - vernacular;
huă - literary.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huók / huák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huɔʔ²⁴/, /huɑʔ²⁴/

Note:

huók - vernacular;
huák - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bue⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puei²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huoh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoʔ²/

Note:

bue5 - vernacular;
huah6/huoh6 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat
  - Tâi-lô: huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huag⁴ / huêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak / huek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚²/, /huek̚²/

Note:

huag4 - Shantou;
huêg4 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷faq
  - MiniDict: fah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷faeq
  - MiniDict: faeh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /faʔ⁴³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸa̠²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 髮
Mandarin	Beijing	/fa⁵¹/
	Harbin	/fa²¹³/
	Tianjin	/fɑ¹³/
	Jinan	/fa²¹³/
	Qingdao	/fa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/fa²⁴/
	Xi'an	/fa²¹/
	Xining	/fa⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/fa¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fa¹³/
	Ürümqi	/fa²¹³/
	Wuhan	/fa²¹³/
	Chengdu	/fa³¹/
	Guiyang	/fa²¹/
	Kunming	/fa̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/fɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/fɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/faʔ²/
	Pingyao	/xuʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/faʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/faʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/faʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/fɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ho²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/faʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/fuːə⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/fa²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɸɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/faʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/fat̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/fɑt̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fat̚³/
	Nanning	/fat̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/fat̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/huat̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/puɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/huak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fak̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: pjot

Rime
Character	髮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方伐切
Baxter	pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puat̚/
Li Rong	/piuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pot/

(Zhengzhang): /*pod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	髮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fà
Middle Chinese	‹ pjot ›
Old Chinese	/*pot/
English	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. [t] 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	髮
Reading #	1/1
No.	151
Phonetic component	犮
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	髮
Old Chinese	/*pod/

Definitions

髮

(anatomy) hair
頭髮／头发 ― tóufa ― hair
^† (figurative) grass and trees (on a mountain); vegetation
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頭髮 (“hair (on the head)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Huizhou	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, 頭毛
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	頭髮
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	頭髮, 頭毛
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	頭髮, 頭毛
	Xianyou	頭髮
	Xianyou (Fengting)	頭髮
	Xianyou (Youyang)	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 Min	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
Waxiang	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

Compounds

References

“髮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	髪
Kyūjitai	髮

Kanji

髮

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 髪)

hair (specifically on one's head; does not indicate body hair)

Readings

Go-on: ほち (hochi)
Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
Kun: かみ (kami, 髮)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 髮 (MC pjot).

Recorded as Middle Korean 버ᇙ〮 (Yale: pelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 발〮 (pál) (Yale: pal) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

髮

Wikisource

髮 (eumhun 터럭 발 (teoreok bal))

hanja form^? of 발 (“hair”)

Compounds

가발 (假髮, gabal)
금발 (金髮, geumbal)
단발 (短髮, danbal)
두발 (頭髮, dubal)
모발 (毛髮, mobal)
백발 (白髮, baekbal)
은발 (銀髮, eunbal)
삭발 (削髮, sakbal)
장발 (長髮, jangbal)
흑발 (黑髮, heukbal)
이발 (理髮, ibal)
이발소 (理髮所, ibalso)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

髮: Hán Nôm readings: phát

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