liè

horse's mane

Whiskers  of hair  also provides the pronunciation

Components
髟 meaning component

  Meaning component

biāo

  

long hair

巤 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

liè

  

a mane

Evolution

鬣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liè

horse's mane; fin; human whiskers; bristles; mane

Most common words with 鬣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mane

鬣狗

hyena