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髦

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bang (hair); fashionable; mane

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Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
14
Radical
髟 +4
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
髦
Common rank
#5,081
Unicode
U+9AE6

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 髦 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

髟 meaning “hair” + 毛 sound ( máo )

Components 髟 毛

Words with 髦

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WordPinyinMeaning
赶时髦 gǎn shí máo to keep up with the latest fashion
时髦 shí máo in vogue; fashionable

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 毛 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
毛 sound part máo hair, fur, feathers; coarse
耗 hào to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
耄 mào selderly person; old, senile
酕 máo drunk, blotto