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髪 = 友 + 髟
髪 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hair of the head”. It is built from 友 (friend) and 髟 (long hair). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2074.
- Keyword
- hair of the head
- RTK frame
- 2074
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ハツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- волосы на голове
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 髪 hair
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 髪 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “friend” + “long hair”. 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.