髪 = 髟 + 友

髪 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “hair”. It is built from 髟 (hair) and 友 (friend).

Keyword: hair
Pinyin (Mandarin): fà fǎ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: волосы
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 髪 hair of the head

Decomposition

ids

髟 hair
友 friend

How to find 髪 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hair” + “friend”. 髪 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 髪 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.