Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "髯", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "髯", and master the standard way of writing the character "髯".
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髯
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[名]
【本义】: 两颊上的长须
【Original meaning】: Long whiskers on the cheeks
【造字法】: 形声。从髟,冉声。髟( biāo),长发下垂的样子。
【Character formation】: Phono-semantics. The component 髟 represents long hair hanging down.
【意义】:
1. 同本义;也泛指胡须 ([En.] whiskers)
Also refers to beards in general.
例: 美髯 (beautiful whiskers). 虬髯 (curly beard). 白发苍髯 (white hair and gray beard). 髯口 (a theatrical false beard).
2. 须多或须长的人 ([En.] a person with bushy whiskers)
例: 髯夫 (a man with a lot of beard). 髯公 (an older man with a beard). 髯奴 (a bearded servant). 髯佛 (a kind person with a long beard). 髯翁 (an elderly man with a beard).
3. 动物的须 ([En.] beard hair)
例: 《山海经·西山经》: (In the mountains of Shanshen) birds with whiskers resembling pheasants. 郭璞注: "Whiskers refer to throat hair."
4. 通“蚺”。蟒蛇,([En.] boa; python)
例: 《淮南子·精神》: People in the Yue region catch boas for delicacies.
引证:
1. 《说文》: 髥,颊须也。从须从冄,会意,冄亦声。字亦作髥。
2. 《汉书·朱博传》: 奋髥抵几. 注: "颊毛也."
3. 清·魏学洢《核舟记》: 中峨冠而多髯者为东坡.