shān

hair

Pictograph of strands of hair.

Evolution

彡 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
彡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shān

hair; KangXi radical 59; "bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)

Component uses

Meaning component in 9 characters (4 verified)

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 9 characters (9 verified)

𠃓

Unknown component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Distinguishing component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m.rum (dialect: *-um > *-uŋ)

yuwng

róng

to sacrifice on a following day


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7438th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5F61

Shuowen

“彡,毛飾畫文也。象形。”


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