鬈
quán

fine growth of hair curly hair

Curled 卷 hair 髟; 卷 also provides the pronunciation

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
卷
卷 SoundMeaning component
juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjwen[ɡ]ʷrenhandsome (hair?)
Zhengzhangkʰron
ɡron

說文解字

髮好也。从髟卷聲。《詩》曰：“其人美且鬈。”

Sources

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