Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 犮 represents the sound.
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernFreq. | Word | Meaning |
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| 发生 | to happen |
| 发现 | to find |
| 发展 | growth |
| 发 | to send out |
| 开发 | to develop |