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Kanji Detail for 髮 - "hair"

髮

  • Meaning

    髮 means "hair." Also associated with very small.

    1. Hair - The strands on the head.

    2. Very small - A tiny amount; a fraction.

    3. Unit - A length measure (1/100 of a sun).

  • Tattoo check: 髮

    • Verified meaning: hair
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: very small

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hair

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hair

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Hair on the head. In ancient times, children all let their hair hang down. Young adults would bind it. As in 束髮受書 (binding hair to receive education), 結髮從戎 (binding hair to join the army). Both refer to young adulthood. Old age is called 黃髮 (yellow hair). Found in the Book of Documents.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hatsu(ハツ) ハツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kami(かみ) かみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    髟 (kamigashira・kamikammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    hair very small unit of length bald barber comb cut follicle grooming head scalp strand wig tiny minute little

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