懂中文 Dong Chinese

鬒

zhěn

black hair

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

Components
髟 meaning component

髟  Meaning component

biāo

  

long hair

hair

真 sound component

真  Sound component

zhēn

  

real

Evolution

鬒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鬒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鬒  

zhěn

black, glossy hair; bushy black hair