髟
biāo

long hair

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 25, 2020, 04:35 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 25, 2020, 04:35 PM

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

Components

镸
镸 Iconic component

镸 is a component form of 長.

彡
彡 Iconic component

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

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)