髴
fú HSK6

disheveled hair

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 19, 2022, 04:47 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 19, 2022, 04:47 AM

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

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
弗
弗 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“髴，髴若似也。从髟，弗聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)