鬃

鬃 · zōng

mane; neck bristles

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zōng
Cantonese
zung1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mane; neck bristles

Dictionary definitions & readings

鬃 zōng · variant of 鬃 zōng

鬃 zōng · bristles; horse's mane

鬃 zōng · disheveled hair; horse's mane

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74529.020:zōng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1539.020:zōng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
493.060:zōng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zōng粵zung1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ ス ゾウ たてがみ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
子紅 藏宗 士江 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHJMF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7290.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1454.400 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
033.16 040.33 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B03
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6313

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
鬃
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsuwng · 子紅 · 通開一平東精 · #30
Middle Chinese
dzowng · 藏宗 · 通開一平冬從 · #37
Middle Chinese
dzraewng · 士江 · 江開二平江崇 · #86

PHONO-ML, source line 330; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1519.107
kCowles
4651
kDaeJaweon
1985.300
kFennIndex
564.05
kHanYu
74529.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1985.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74529.020
kIRGKangXi
1454.400
kKangXi
1454.400
kMatthews
6906
kMeyerWempe
3509
kMorohashi
45470
kSBGY
033.16 040.33
kSMSZD2003Index
793.18
kCangjie
SHJMF
kFenn
516H
kFourCornerCode
7290.1
kHKGlyph
4629
kMojiJoho
MJ028948
kPhonetic
321
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-5757
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C34F
kIRG_JSource
J14-7D36
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8B8B
kIRG_KSource
K2-7023
kIRG_TSource
T1-7779
kRSUnicode
190.8
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C34F
kCCCII
216162
kCNS1986
1-7779
kCNS1992
1-7779
kEACC
216162
kGB0
5555
kGB1
5555
kJIS0213
2,93,22
kJis1
7394
kMainlandTelegraph
7571
kTGH
2013:6313
kTaiwanTelegraph
9552
kXerox
264:166
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15324+190.10.8
kCantonese
zung1
kDefinition
mane; neck bristles
kFanqie
子紅 藏宗 士江
kHanyuPinyin
74529.020:zōng
kJapanese
ソウ ス ゾウ たてがみ
kJapaneseKun
TATEGAMI
kJapaneseOn
SOU ZU ZOU
kMandarin
zōng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zōng粵zung1
kTGHZ2013
493.060:zōng
kXHC1983
1539.020:zōng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 鬃0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
髟 above 宗 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱髟宗$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟宗$(GHTJKP)

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