Chinese symbol for “hair”
发
fà
Traditional: 髮
hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hair is 发 (fà), defined as: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3].
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hair”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毛 | máo | hair; feather |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 毫 | háo | hair; drawing brush |
| 毛发 (毛髮) | máo fà | hair |
| 汗毛 | hàn máo | hair; soft hair |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 发.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 发布 (發佈) | fā bù | variant of 发布 (fā bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hair”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.