entries → 髦
TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL B1 (est.)
髦 =
ㄇㄠˊ · máo
noun — long hair, mane; (古) the gifted, an elite

字源 FORM — what the parts do

flowing hair
máo — gives the sound
The flowing-hair sign (髟) over 毛 máo, which both names the sound and means hair — long hair hanging down. 說文: 髮也. From a fine mane the word lends itself to the gifted: 髦士.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

)下面壓著一撮 )——垂到肩上的長髮。
Under the hair-sign (髟) sits a tuft of 毛 — long hair falling to the shoulder.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)髦、毛髦— long hair, mane
髦士— the gifted, an elite常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension