髮 (faat3 | fa4 fa3) : hair

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髮

faat3

fa4 fa3

hair

Pinyin fa4 is China reading; fa3 is Taiwan.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 1

Radical: (#190)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

髮 / 发

This word has been viewed 15905 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Apr 2014 15:09

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頭髮 tau4 faat3 [普] tou2 fa5 [國] tou2 fa3 = hair on the head

髮根 faat3 gan1 fa4 gen1 = hair root; hair roots

美髮 mei5 faat3 mei3 fa3 = hairdressing / hairstyling

髮型 faat3 jing4 fa4 xing2 (PRC), fa3 xing2 (Taiwan) = hair style

電髮 din6 faat3 = to perm one's hair 粵

剪頭髮 zin2 tau4 faat3 jian3 tou2 fa5 (PRC), jian3 tou2 fa3 (Taiwan) = to cut hair; to get a haircut

飛髮 fei1 faat3 = to cut hair; to get a haircut (for males) 粵

理髮 lei5 faat3 li3 fa4 (PRC), li3 fa3 (Taiwan) = to cut hair; to get a haircut

理髮師 lei5 faat3 si1 li3 fa4 shi1 (PRC), li3 fa3 shi1 (Taiwan) = hairdresser; barber

飛髮佬 fei1 faat3 lou2 = barber 粵
See all 70 compounds (CantoDict reports 71 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 髮

你啲頭髮好滑呀！粵
Your hair is so smooth!

你啲頭髮平時咁撈攪，點解今晚梳頭粵 ?!
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?

我每一年染兩次髮粵
I dye my hair twice a year.
[Lit. I each one year dye two times hair. Note how the verb and object are split up by the frequency phrase.]

我每一年都會染兩次髮粵
I always dye my hair twice per year.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 髮
Unicode code for this character: U+9aee (off-site link)

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