髟

hair / shaggy

髟 = 彡 + 镸 : Mnemonic symbol: dreadlocks.

Brunhilde (bi) notices in front of the aorta (ao1) that her shaggy (髟) hair (髟) is perfect for making dreadlocks (髟). She likes the idea, but she wants to have really long dreadlocks right away, so she uses fake Santa Clause beards (彡) to grow (镸) her dreadlocks even longer (镸).

髟 character breakdown

髟
- 彡
  - 丿
- 镸
  - 一
  - 三
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
  - 丨
  - 厶

彡

sha̅n = sh + an1

"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)

彡 = 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a fake Santa Clause beard.

彡 = 丿 : In front of the anthill Sherlock Holmes wants to eat a banana, but he can't because of his fake Santa Clause beard.

镸

cháng = ch + ang2

"long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168)

镸 = 丨 + 三 + 一 + 厶 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) got caught in one of the anglepod's traps in the kitchen (ang2); he activated the trap by stepping over a fake nose (厶). The trap consists of a huge coordinate system (三) serving as base structure; on top there is a flute (一) to which two dinosaur bones (丨) are attached. The dinosaur bones go straight into both of Charlie Chaplins nostrils; he will be dangling on the two bones in the air until his nose grows (镸) long (镸) enough for him to touch the ground again.

Characters with 髟 as component

发

髮

fà = f + a4

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]

发 = 山 + 又 : Frankenstein wants to eat lunch in the ashram's bathroom, but wearing boxing gloves, he's unable to unwind that one long, red hair from his forks.

胡

鬍

hú = hu + Ø2

beard / mustache / whiskers

胡 = 古 + 月 : Helga Horse (hu) visits the old and wise moon (月) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She wants to join his cloister (古), but the moon rejects and says that first she has to get a very long Confucius style mustache (胡) such as his own.

须

鬚

xu̅ = xu + Ø1

beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel

须 = 彡 + 页 : Xu Xian (xu) received some important papers (页) in front of the space station (Ø1). In the paper it is written that he has to (须) get rid of his fake Santa Claus beard (彡) as well as his nice 八-shape moustache (须; 八字胡须), so Xu Xian is quite desperate has he loves his beards.

松

鬆

so̅ng = su + (e)ng1

loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

松 = 公 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: 松鼠, a squirrel.

The squirrel (松) almost got a heart attack when it drove its bus (公) off of one of the stones in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but as it realizes it got stuck in the Susan Saint Bernard's (su) web which spans a Christmas tree (木) and one of the engine's boulders the squirrel (松) relaxes (放松).

髦

máo = m + ao2

bang (hair) / fashionable / mane

髦 = 毛 + 髟 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to stay en vogue (髦), so he decides to get some dreadlocks (髟) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He is using his last hair (毛) to create a meager single dreadlock, but unfortunately it becomes a bang (髦) which is very annoying because it is always dangling between his eyes.

鬣

liè = li + e4

bristles / mane

髻

jì = ji + Ø4

hair rolled up in a bun, topknot

鬃

鬉

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

disheveled hair / horse's mane

鬃

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1