Memory phrase for the character: 髪

髪

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Meaning

hair of the head

Pronunciation

HATSU
kami

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

長	long	This 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	hair	The radical sanzukuri* shows three hair.*
友	Friend	Comprises twice the sign for hand: , 又, because friends shake hands.

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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