髯
rán

beard

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 冉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 髥.

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
冉
冉 Sound component
rǎn, nán, dān drooping

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyemnamwhiskers
Zhengzhangnjam
njams

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang