发钗
fà​chāi

hairpin

发 fā, fa, fà issue Simplified

Simplified form of both 發 (send out) and 髮 (hair). Visually similar to 犮, the bottom component of 髮.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

废泼酦袯

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

拨

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

钗 chāi, chā ornamental hairpin Simplified

A metal 钅 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
叉
叉 SoundMeaning component
chā, chá, chǎ fork, prong

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

髮 hair Traditional

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

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
犮
犮 Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjotpot root; hair (of head)

說文解字

《說文》：“髮，根也。从髟，犮聲。，髮或从首。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

釵 ornamental hairpin Traditional

A metal 釒 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
叉
叉 SoundMeaning component
chā, chá, chǎ fork, prong

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰreːl
Unicodechrɛi

說文解字

笄屬。从金叉聲。本只作叉，此字後人所加。

Sources

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