biāo

long hair

Depicts a person with long () hair ().

Components
镸 iconic component

  Iconic component

cháng

  

long

is a component form of .

彡 iconic component

  Iconic component

shān

  

hair

Evolution

髟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
髟 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
髟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
髟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

biāo

hair; KangXi radical 190; shaggy

Component uses

Meaning component in 21 characters (7 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p(r)iw

pjiw

biāo

long hair

*s(ˤ)ram

sraem

shān

long hair


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6066th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9ADF

Shuowen

“髟,長髮猋猋也。从長,从彡。”


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