When the formation data identifies 髟 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
髟
Radical 190 of 214 · 10 strokes
Hair
biāo
Unicode uses 髟 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is hair; Kangxi radical 190. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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髮fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hairDetails+
semantic formation
Formation: Originally a combination of 首 (head) and 犬 (dog), both of which are hairy. Later the 首 (head) component was changed to 髟 (hairy).
- 髟Semantic componenthair; shaggy
- 犬Semantic componentdog
- Category radical
- 髟 hair
- Visual structure
- 髟 + 犮
HSK words with 髮2 words in this course
鬆sōngpine tree; fir treeDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Semantic–phonetic formation: 木 contributes the broad semantic category “tree”; 公 contributes the historical pronunciation.
- Category radical
- 髟 hair
- Visual structure
- 髟 + 松
HSK words with 鬆2 words in this course
髦máofashionable, in vogue; mane, flowing hairDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 毛 represents the sound.
- 髟Semantic componenthair; shaggy
- 毛Phonetic componentfur; hair; feather
- Category radical
- 髟 hair
- Visual structure
- 髟 + 毛
HSK words with 髦1 word in this course
鬍húrecklessly, foolishly; wildlyDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.
- 髟Semantic componenthair; shaggy
- 胡Phonetic componentrecklessly, foolishly; wildly
- Category radical
- 髟 hair
- Visual structure
- 髟 + 胡
HSK words with 鬍1 word in this course
鬚xūbeard; must; necessaryDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Originally written as 須, a pictograph of a person with a bearded face. The 髟 component (hairy) was added later.
- 髟Semantic componenthair; shaggy
- 須Phonetic componentmust
- Category radical
- 髟 hair
- Visual structure
- 髟 + 須
HSK words with 鬚1 word in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.