髯

15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

beard, mustache

Kun'yomi
  • ひげ
    		mustache ②whiskers (on a cat, etc.) ③shadow (on a candlestick chart)
On'yomi
  • ゼン

Main Radical

髟(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ゼン 50.0%
ひげ 50.0%

Character Breakdown

beard, mustache
ゼン　ひげ (Kentei 1)
hair hanging long, mane, long hair radical (no.190)
ヒュウ　ヒョウ (Kentei 1)
long, leader, superior
チョウ　なが.い　おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン　セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
red, tan
ゼン　ネン　あや.うい (Kentei 1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

しゅ
鬚
ぜん
髯
mustache and beard
しゅ
須
ぜん
髯
beard
にく
肉
ぜん
髯
wattle (of a bird's neck)
はく
白
ぜん
髯
white beard
あお
青
ひげ
髯
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)
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References

Unicode hex code 9AEF
JIS X 0208 1-81-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5259
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6809
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2580
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 45404X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3j12.2
Four corner code 7255.7