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Chinese symbol for “tresses”

发绺
fà liǔ
Traditional: 髮綹
tresses; dreadlocks

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tresses is 发绺 (fà liǔ), defined as: tresses; dreadlocks.

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

发 fà
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
绺 liǔ
skein; tuft, lock; wrinkle
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发绺.

WordPinyinMeaning
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto 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 xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)

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.

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