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髟 (biāo) is an ideogram that depicts a person with long hair, formed by combining 镸 (the top of 長, meaning "long") with 彡 ("hair" or "bristles"). It functions almost exclusively as a semantic radical, appearing at the top of characters to classify terms related to hair, beards, and grooming. Rarely used as an independent word, it serves as the defining component for hairstyles, hair conditions, and facial hair, tying together specialized grooming vocabulary.
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