頭髮

See also: 頭髪

Chinese

head; (noun suffix) hair
trad. (頭髮) 頭 髮
simp. (头发) 头 发

Etymology

Attested in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 頭 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 元 (68)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 度侯切 方伐切
Baxter duw pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dəu/ /pʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəu/ /pʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dəu/ /piuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəw/ /puat̚/
Li
Rong
/du/ /piuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/dəu/ /pĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱə̯u/ /pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóu fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tau4 faat3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 頭 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tóu fà
Middle
Chinese
‹ duw › ‹ pjot ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m-t]ˁo/ /*pot/
English head root; hair (of head)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頭 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2465 151
Phonetic
component
豆 犮
Rime
group
侯 月
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
頭 髮
Old
Chinese
/*doː/ /*pod/

Noun

頭髮

  1. hair on the head (Classifier: 條/条 m c; 根 m; 縷/缕 m; 綹/绺 m)
    梳頭髮/梳头发  ―  shū tóufa  ―  to comb one's hair
    一縷頭髮/一缕头发  ―  yī lǚ tóufa  ―  a lock of hair
    種植頭髮/种植头发  ―  zhòngzhí tóufa  ―  to transplant hair
    我把頭髮染成了粉的。 [MSC, trad.]
    我把头发染成了粉的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bǎ tóufà rǎn chéng le fěn de. [Pinyin]
    I dyed my hair pink.

Usage notes

For hair on other parts of the body, use 毛 (máo) instead.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭髮):
  • → Japanese: 頭髪(とうはつ) (tōhatsu)
  • → Korean: 두발(頭髮) (dubal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭 髮
とう
Grade: 2
はつ
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

頭(とう)髮(はつ) • (tōhatsu) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 頭髪 (“hair on the head”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
頭髮

Noun

頭髮 • (dubal) (hangeul 두발)

  1. Hanja form? of 두발 (“hair on the head”).
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