Taxonomy of meanings for 髮:　　

  • 髮 fà (OC: pod MC: pʷiɐt) 方伐切 入 廣韻：【頭毛也説文根也又姓漢有東海人髮福治詩又有不毛之地莊子謂之窮髮万伐切六 】
    • HAIR
      • ncountedhair
      • nm(post-N)one's hair; human hair on the head
      • nm[post-N]one's hair
    • figurative>PLANT
      • grammaticalised>MEASURE

        Additional information about 髮

        說文解字: 【髮】，根也。从髟、犮聲。 【方伐切】 【𩠖(𩠙)】，髮或从首。 〔小徐本作「或從首作。」〕 【𩑛】，古文。

          Criteria
        • HAIR

          1. The current general word for hair of any kind is fǎ 髮.

          2. Máo 毛 is also occasionally used to refer to the hair of old persons, but the word refers more generally to any fur or hair.

          3. Háo 毫 refers to long, fine hair on animals.

          4.. Bá 胈 is a rare word referring to body hair on man.

          5. Bìn 鬢 refers specifically to hair on the temples, or "sideburns". See TEMPLES

          Word relations
        • Epithet: (HAIR)毫/SMALL
        • Assoc: (HAIR)毛/HAIR Máo 毛 is also occasionally used to refer to the hair of old persons, but the word refers more generally to any fur or hair.