Memory phrase for the Kanji: 髪

髪

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Meaning hair of the head

Pronunciation

HATSU
kami

Explanation

Top: var. of long 長 and hair 彡, below: friend 友 (= two hands ナ/又)

Mnemonic
 
Long hair? That's my friend's hair.

Radicals

長 longThis radical has a similarity to horse 馬, where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. At “long 長” please think to long clothing 衣 blowing in the wind.
彡 hairThe radical sanzukuri shows three hair.
友 FriendComprises twice the sign for hand: , 又, because friends shake hands.
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 Vocabulary

髪の毛 かみのけ  hair (head)
白髪 しらが  white or grey hair, trendy hair bleaching
髪 かみ  hair

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