髡

kūn
Rank #4754

Definitions

kūn scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.

Semantic: 髟 Phonetic: 兀

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 兀

光 元 尧 虺 杌 靰 阢 豗 軏 卼 堯 尭 尶 屼

Component: 髟

髦 鬓 髯 髻 鬃 髭 鬈 鬣 鬟 髹 鬆 鬘 髮 髫

Components

兀 髟