髭

髭 · zī

mustache

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zī
Cantonese
zi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mustache

Dictionary definitions & readings

髭 zī · mustache

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74524.040:zī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1530.030:zī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
491.170:zī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zī粵zi1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ ひげ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
即移 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHYMP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7211.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1453.200 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0358n Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9AED
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6037

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
髭
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
tsje · 即移 · 止開三平支精 · #114

PHONO-ML, source line 1010; 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
1518.406
kDaeJaweon
1984.030
kFennIndex
584.03
kGSR
0358n
kHanYu
74524.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1984.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74524.040
kIRGKangXi
1453.200
kKangXi
1453.200
kMatthews
6958
kMeyerWempe
3531k
kMorohashi
45399
kNelson
5262
kSMSZD2003Index
793.12
kCangjie
SHYMP
kFenn
129I
kFourCornerCode
7211.1
kHKGlyph
4628
kMojiJoho
MJ028924
kPhonetic
156
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJH
kIRG_GSource
G0-775A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C068
kIRG_JSource
J0-4926
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8B54
kIRG_KSource
K1-6B27
kIRG_TSource
T1-7333
kRSUnicode
190.5
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C068
kCCCII
216161
kCNS1986
1-7333
kCNS1992
1-7333
kEACC
216161
kGB0
8758
kGB1
8758
kJis0
4106
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7568
kTGH
2013:6037
kTaiwanTelegraph
7568
kXerox
301:102
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3480+190.10.6
kCantonese
zi1
kDefinition
mustache
kFanqie
即移
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74524.040:zī
kJapanese
シ ひげ
kJapaneseKun
HIGE
kJapaneseOn
SHI
kKorean
CA
kMandarin
zī
kSMSZD2003Readings
zī粵zi1
kTGHZ2013
491.170:zī
kTang
tziɛ
kXHC1983
1530.030:zī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 髭0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟此$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.