髟
biāo

long hair

Depicts a person with long (镸) hair (彡).

Components

镸
镸 Iconic component
cháng long

镸 is a component form of 長.

彡
彡 Iconic component
shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (7 of 21 verified)

髦鬓髯髻鬃髡髭鬈鬣鬟髹鬆髮髫鬏鬚髴鬄鬢鬒鬍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjiwp(r)iw long hair
sraems(ˤ)ram long hair

說文解字

《說文》：“髟，長髮猋猋也。从長，从彡。”

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)