懂中文 Dong Chinese

髡

kūn

scalping, make the head bald as corporal punishment

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.

Components
髟 meaning component

髟  Meaning component

biāo

  

long hair

shave

元 sound,remnant component

元  Sound Remnant component

yuán

  

first

Evolution

髡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
髡 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
髡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

髡  

kūn

to shear tree; ancient punishment; scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)