Chinese

鬆

sōng
disheveled; unkempt
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 髟
  • 18 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 松 (OC *sɢloŋ).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese髟 “drooping of long hair”
  • soundChinese松 “pine tree”
    • meaningChinese木 “tree; woody plant”
    • soundChinese公 “public; communal”

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