鬣

鬣 · liè

horse's mane; fin; human whiskers

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
liè
Cantonese
lip6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

horse's mane; fin; human whiskers

Dictionary definitions & readings

鬣 liè · bristles; mane

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74537.150:liè Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0714.080:liè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
224.150:liè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
liè粵lip6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リョウ ヨウ たてがみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
렵:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
良涉 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHVVV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7271.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1457.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
539.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0637i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B23
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
25
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6494

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

25 strokes
鬣
Strokes
25
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

25 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
ljep · 良涉 · 咸開三入鹽來 · #3809

PHONO-ML, source line 19917; 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
1519.602
kDaeJaweon
1988.350
kFennIndex
306.03
kGSR
0637i
kHanYu
74537.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1988.350
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74537.150
kIRGKangXi
1457.150
kKangXi
1457.150
kKarlgren
550
kMatthews
3992
kMeyerWempe
1593b
kMorohashi
45613:E0102
kNelson
5265
kSBGY
539.01
kSMSZD2003Index
794.12
kCangjie
SHVVV
kFenn
690I
kFourCornerCode
7271.6
kMojiJoho
MJ028982 MJ028982:E0101 MJ028981:E0102
kPhonetic
813*
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7760
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C663
kIRG_JSource
J0-7227
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8BDF
kIRG_KSource
K1-5E5A
kIRG_TSource
T1-7D30
kRSUnicode
190.15
kTotalStrokes
25
kBigFive
C663
kCCCII
235566
kCNS1986
1-7D30
kCNS1992
1-7D30
kEACC
235566
kGB0
8764
kGB1
8764
kJis0
8207
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7588
kTGH
2013:6494
kTaiwanTelegraph
7588
kXerox
275:307
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7292+190.10.15
kCantonese
lip6
kDefinition
horse's mane; fin; human whiskers
kFanqie
良涉
kHangul
렵:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74537.150:liè
kJapanese
リョウ ヨウ たてがみ
kJapaneseKun
TATEGAMI
kJapaneseOn
RYOU
kKorean
LYEP
kMandarin
liè
kSMSZD2003Readings
liè粵lip6
kTGHZ2013
224.150:liè
kTang
liɛp
kXHC1983
0714.080:liè
kSemanticVariant
U+5DE4<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+5DE4<kFenn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟巤$(GHTJKP)

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