Definitions
short hair; unkempt
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鬙 (sēng) is a phono-semantic compound describing hair that is unkempt or disheveled. Its meaning arises from the semantic component 髟 (hair), indicating a hair-related condition, and the phonetic 曾 (zēng/céng). This character is rarely used outside the compound 鬅鬙 (péngsēng), where it vividly captures a tangled, messy head of hair. Unlike many characters, 鬙 has no abstract extensions and functions purely as a visual descriptor for human hair.
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