润发液
rùn​fà​yè

hair conditioner

润 rùn moist Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 闰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潤.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

闰
闰 Sound component
rùn extra month

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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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

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液 yè sap

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夜 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夜
夜 Sound component
yè night

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyekɢrAkfluid
Zhengzhanglaːɡ
Unicodeiɛk

說文解字

𧗁也。从水夜聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

潤 rùn moist Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 閏 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

閏
閏 Sound component
extra month

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjuns
Unicodenjuìn

說文解字

《說文》：“潤，水曰潤下。从水，閏聲。”

Sources

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

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)