Hanja Analyzer
髭

髭 — ja

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
코밑수염 자
Romanization
ja
English
mustache
Mandarin
zī
Japanese on'yomi
シ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひげ くちひげ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
髟 (190, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+9AED

Parts that make up 髭

  • 髟 머리털 희뜩희뜩할 표, 깃발 날릴 표, 머리 늘일 표 길게 늘어뜨린 머리털머리털과 머리 모양
  • 此 이 차 멈춰 선 발과 사람이것. ‘차’ 계열의 소리

How 髭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 髭 as a phonetic compound involving 須, 此.

Japanese words with 髭

  • 髭ひげ moustache; mustache; beard
  • 頬髭ほおひげ whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
  • 顎髭あごひげ beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
  • 髭面ひげづら bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
  • 虎髭とらひげ bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
  • 鎌髭かまひげ sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
  • 白髭しろひげ grey moustache; gray mustache; white beard
  • 大髭おおひげ long and abundant moustache
  • 髭鷲ひげわし bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus); lammergeier
  • 天神髭てんじんひげ drooping moustache; goatee
  • 八字髭はちじひげ finely trimmed moustache
  • 髭剃りひげそり shaving; shaver

Other hanja read “자”

Other hanja with radical 髟

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