old variant of 髯[ran2]
beard / whiskers

髯 character breakdown

variant of 冉[ran3]
surname Ran
edge of a tortoiseshell / see 冉冉[ran3 ran3]

= + : 冉冉 means "soft" as well as "gradually", so I'll represent 冉 by snail mail.

= + : Robinson Crusoe drank too much in the anthill, so he's unable to receive the letter of dirt that he gets by snail mail. The snail wants to deliver it anyway, so she just staples it to the table next to Robinson.
hair / shaggy

= + : 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).
edge of a tortoiseshell / used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3]

Characters with 髯 as component

髯 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 髯

beard / whiskers
artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors

Sentences with 髯

髯 currently does not appear in any sentence.