See also: 頭髪

Chinese edit

head; (noun suffix) hair
trad. (頭髮)
simp. (头发)

Etymology edit

Attested in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (1)
Final () (137) (68)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter duw pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dəu/ /pʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəu/ /pʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dəu/ /piuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəw/ /puat̚/
Li
Rong
/du/ /piuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/dəu/ /pĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱə̯u/ /pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóu fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tau4 faat3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ duw › ‹ pjot ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m-t]ˁo/ /*pot/
English head root; hair (of head)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2465 151
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doː/ /*pod/

Noun edit

頭髮

  1. hair on the head (Classifier: m c;  m;  m;  m)
    頭髮头发  ―  shū tóufa  ―  to comb one's hair
    頭髮头发  ―  yī lǚ tóufa  ―  a lock of hair
    種植頭髮种植头发  ―  zhòngzhí tóufa  ―  to transplant hair
    頭髮 [MSC, trad.]
    头发 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bǎ tóufà rǎn chéng le fěn de. [Pinyin]
    I dyed my hair pink.

Usage notes edit

For hair on other parts of the body, use (máo) instead.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (頭髮):
  • Japanese: 頭髪(とうはつ) (tōhatsu)
  • Korean: 두발(頭髮) (dubal)
  • Wutunhua: tekhua
  • Japanese edit

    Kanji in this term
    とう
    Grade: 2
    はつ
    Jinmeiyō
    on’yomi

    Noun edit

    (とう)(はつ) (tōhatsu

    1. Kyūjitai form of 頭髪 (hair on the head)

    Korean edit

    Hanja in this term

    Noun edit

    頭髮 (dubal) (hangeul 두발)

    1. Hanja form? of 두발 (hair on the head).