髦
máo HSK7

flowing hair of young child

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 毛 represents the sound.

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
毛
毛 Sound component
máo, mao hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːw
Unicodemɑu

說文解字

髮也。从髟从毛。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)