Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "髮", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "髮", and master the standard way of writing the character "髮".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 髮
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "髮" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
髮
髮 fà
1. 人的前额、双耳和头颈部以上生长的毛。
- Hair that grows on the forehead, around the ears, and above the neck.
- Example: 头髮 (head hair), 鬓髮 (sideburns), 怒髮衝冠 (anger causing hair to stand on end).
- Reference: 《詩•小雅•都人士》: “彼君子女,卷髮如蠆。” (Those noble women have hair curled like a silkworm.)
2. 草木。
- Plants or vegetation.
- Example: 《莊子•逍遙游》: “窮髮之北有冥海者,天池也。” (To the north of the vegetation is a deep sea, the heavenly pool.)
3. 古代长度单位,尺的万分之一。
- An ancient unit of length, one ten-thousandth of a foot.
- Example: 《新書•六術》: “十毫為髮,十髮為氂,十氂為分,十分為寸,十寸為尺。” (Ten hairs make one part, ten parts make one inch, ten inches make one foot.)
4. 姓。
- A surname.
- Reference: 宋邵思《姓解》卷一: “髮,漢有東海髮福。” (The surname 'Fa' was possessed by someone named Fa Fu in Han Dynasty.)
5. 把头发放射或生长的动词。
- A verb meaning to emit or to grow.
- Example: 生长、产生 (to grow or produce), 发芽 (to sprout).
- Reference: 唐·王维〈相思〉: “红豆生南国,秋来发故枝。” (Red beans grow in the southern country; in autumn they sprout again from the old stems.)
6. 比喻为山上的草木。
- A metaphor for the vegetation on mountains.
- Example: 《莊子·逍遙遊》: “窮髮之北,有冥海者,天池也。” (To the north of the trees, there is a deep sea, the heavenly pool.)
7. 通“旆( pèi)”。古代旐末形如燕尾的垂旒;旗幟的通稱。
- Synonymous with "pèi", referring to a flag with a tail similar to a swallow's tail; a general term for banners.
- Reference: 《荀子·議兵》: “武王載髮,有虔秉鉞;如火烈烈,則莫我敢遏。” (King Wu carried a banner, fiercely wielding his axe; no one dared to stop him.)
Note: Definitions and examples derived from various classical Chinese texts and literature.