髮 fā
noun
: hair
Kun Reading
髪 | かみ kami
noun
: hair (on the head)
On Reading
ハツ hatsu
Usage:
髮[发]型 fa4xing2: hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo [髪型 | かみがた kamigata: hairdo]
髮[发]包 fa4bao1: bun hair extension
髮[发]卡 fa4qia3: hair grip; hair clip
髮[发]夾 fa4jia1: hair clip
髪留め | かみどめ kami dome: barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
髮[发]菜 fa4cai4: long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae; also called faat choy or hair moss
髮[发]小 fa4xiao3: (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
理髮[发] li3fa4: a barber; hairdressing [理髪 | りはつ rihatsu: haircut]
理髮師 [理发师] li3 fa4 shi1: barber [理髪師 | りはつし rihatsuhi: barber]
髪結い | かみゆい kamiyui: hairdresser; hairdressing
假髮[发] jia3fa4: wig
付け髪 | つけがみ tsukegami: false hair; hairpiece; hair filler
削髮[发] xue1fa4: to shave one’s head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure
捲髮 [卷发] juan3fa4: to curl hair
接髮[发] jie1fa4: hair extensions
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
髪の毛 | かみのけ kami no ke: hair (head)
髪頭 | かみがしら kamigashira
: hair on one’s head
: head; top of one’s head
: kanji “hair” radical at top
髪を梳く | かみをすく kami o suku
OR
髪をとく | かみをとく kami o toku
: to comb
九十九髪 | つくもがみ tsukumogami
: (yoji) an old woman’s gray hair
: old woman with white hair
危機一髪 | ききいっぱつ kiki ippatsu
: (yoji) by a hair’s breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
握髪吐哺 | あくはつとほ akuhatsutoho
: (yoji) (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)
怒髪衝天 | どはつしょうてん dohatsu shouten
: (yoji) being in a towering rage; boiling with rage
緑の黒髪 | みどりのくろかみ midori no kurokami
: glossy black hair (young woman); raven black hair
間髪を容れず | かんぱつをいれず kanpatsu o irezu OR かんはつをいれず kanhatsu o irezu
: in no time; in a flash
女の髪の毛には大象も繋がる | おんなのかみのけにはたいぞうもつながる
onna no kami no ke ni wa taizou mo tsunagaru
: No man can resist the lure of a woman
幸運の女神は前髪しかない | こううんのめがみはまえがみしかない
kouun no megami wa mae gami shikanai
: opportunity only knocks once; strike while the iron is hot
後ろ髪を引かれる | うしろがみをひかれる ushiro gami o hikareru
: to do something with painful reluctance; to have one’s hair pulled from behind
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
髮指眥裂 [发指眦裂] fa4 zhi3 zi4 lie4
: hair standing up and eyes wide in anger; enraged; in a towering rage
令人髮指 [令人发指] ling4 ren2 fa4 zhi3
: to make one’s hair stand up in anger; to raise people’s hackles
千鈞一髮 [千钧一发] qian1 jun1 yi1 fa4
: a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death
剃髮留辮 [剃发留辫] ti4 fa4 liu2 bian4
: to shave the head but keep the queue
間不容髮 [间不容发] jian1 bu4 rong2 fa4
: (to escape danger etc) by a hair’s breadth; in a critical state; on the brink of crisis; very close (to happening)
牽一髮而動全身 [牵一发而动全身] qian1 yi1 fa4 er2 dong4 quan2 shen1
: lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves; fig. a slight change will affect everything else; the butterfly effect
白髮人送黑髮人 [白发人送黑发人] bai2 fa4 ren2 song4 hei1 fa4 ren2
: to see one’s child die before oneself
頭髮鬍子一把抓 [头发胡子一把抓] tou2 fa5 hu2 zi5 yi1 ba3 zhua1
: lit. hair and beard all in one stroke; fig. to handle different things by the same method; one method to solve all problems; one size fits all
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
髟 (biao1: hair radical 190) suggests the meaning while
犮 (ba2: to pull) provides the sound.
简写 Simplified.
发. Created as generic character simplification #31 (發髮 » 发) via usage of grass script form of character.
Japanese variant:
髪
Shared Simplified Character
發 [发] fa1: to dispatch
kun: たつ tatsu. on: はつ hatsu
Examples:
髪の毛を後ろになでつけた。
かみのけをうしろになでつけた kami no ke o ushiro ni nadetsuketa
He combed back his hair.
她的頭髮天生鬈。
ta1 de tou2fa4 tian1sheng1 quan2
Her hair is naturally curly.
Examples:
髮如雪 Hair Like Snow – Jay Chou 周杰倫
作詞：方文山
作曲：周杰倫
狼牙月 伊人憔悴
我舉杯 飲盡了風雪
是誰打翻前世櫃 惹塵埃是非
緣字訣 幾番輪迴
妳鎖眉 哭紅顏喚不回
縱然青史已經成灰 我愛不滅
繁華如三千東流水 我只取一瓢愛了解
只戀妳化身的蝶
妳髮如雪 淒美了離別
我焚香感動了誰
邀明月 讓回憶皎潔
愛在月光下完美
妳髮如雪 紛飛了眼淚
我等待蒼老了誰
紅塵醉 微醺的歲月
我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑
Rap:
你髮如雪 淒美了離別
我焚香感動了誰
邀明月 讓回憶皎潔
愛在月光下完美
你髮如雪 紛飛了眼淚
我等待蒼老了誰
紅塵醉 微醺的歲月
啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦
啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦
銅鏡映無邪 紮馬尾
妳若撒野 今生我把酒奉陪
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