髮: hair

髮 fā

noun
: hair

Kun Reading

髪 | かみ kami

noun
: hair (on the head)

髮[发]型 fa4xing2: hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo [髪型 | かみがた kamigata: hairdo]

髮[发]包 fa4bao1: bun hair extension

髮[发]卡 fa4qia3: hair grip; hair clip

髮[发]夾 fa4jia1: hair clip

髪留め | かみどめ kami dome: barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band

髮[发]菜 fa4cai4: long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae; also called faat choy or hair moss

髮[发]小 fa4xiao3: (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood friends

理髮[发] li3fa4: a barber; hairdressing [理髪 | りはつ rihatsu: haircut]

理髮師 [理发师] li3 fa4 shi1: barber [理髪師 | りはつし rihatsuhi: barber]  
髪結い | かみゆい kamiyui: hairdresser; hairdressing

假髮[发] jia3fa4: wig

付け髪 | つけがみ tsukegami: false hair; hairpiece; hair filler

削髮[发] xue1fa4: to shave one’s head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure

捲髮 [卷发] juan3fa4: to curl hair

接髮[发] jie1fa4: hair extensions

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
髪の毛 | かみのけ kami no ke: hair (head)

髪頭 | かみがしら kamigashira
: hair on one’s head
: head; top of one’s head
: kanji “hair” radical at top

髪を梳く | かみをすく kami o suku
OR
髪をとく | かみをとく kami o toku
: to comb

九十九髪 | つくもがみ tsukumogami
: (yoji) an old woman’s gray hair
: old woman with white hair

危機一髪 | ききいっぱつ kiki ippatsu
: (yoji) by a hair’s breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

握髪吐哺 | あくはつとほ akuhatsutoho
: (yoji) (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)

怒髪衝天 | どはつしょうてん dohatsu shouten
: (yoji) being in a towering rage; boiling with rage

緑の黒髪 | みどりのくろかみ midori no kurokami
: glossy black hair (young woman); raven black hair

間髪を容れず | かんぱつをいれず kanpatsu o irezu OR かんはつをいれず kanhatsu o irezu
: in no time; in a flash

女の髪の毛には大象も繋がる | おんなのかみのけにはたいぞうもつながる
onna no kami no ke ni wa taizou mo tsunagaru
: No man can resist the lure of a woman

幸運の女神は前髪しかない | こううんのめがみはまえがみしかない
kouun no megami wa mae gami shikanai
: opportunity only knocks once; strike while the iron is hot

後ろ髪を引かれる | うしろがみをひかれる ushiro gami o hikareru
: to do something with painful reluctance; to have one’s hair pulled from behind

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
髮指眥裂 [发指眦裂] fa4 zhi3 zi4 lie4
: hair standing up and eyes wide in anger; enraged; in a towering rage

令人髮指 [令人发指] ling4 ren2 fa4 zhi3
: to make one’s hair stand up in anger; to raise people’s hackles

千鈞一髮 [千钧一发] qian1 jun1 yi1 fa4
: a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death

剃髮留辮 [剃发留辫] ti4 fa4 liu2 bian4
: to shave the head but keep the queue

間不容髮 [间不容发] jian1 bu4 rong2 fa4
: (to escape danger etc) by a hair’s breadth; in a critical state; on the brink of crisis; very close (to happening)

牽一髮而動全身 [牵一发而动全身] qian1 yi1 fa4 er2 dong4 quan2 shen1
: lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves; fig. a slight change will affect everything else; the butterfly effect

白髮人送黑髮人 [白发人送黑发人] bai2 fa4 ren2 song4 hei1 fa4 ren2
: to see one’s child die before oneself

頭髮鬍子一把抓 [头发胡子一把抓] tou2 fa5 hu2 zi5 yi1 ba3 zhua1
: lit. hair and beard all in one stroke; fig. to handle different things by the same method; one method to solve all problems; one size fits all