髭
beard, mustache
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
Kun'yomi
- ひげ
- くちひげ
Meaning
髭 centers on facial hair: a beard or mustache. The two meanings are closely related as different types of hair growing on the face.
Most common words using 髭
20 of 28- 髭ひげN4
moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns; facial hair
- 顎髭あごひげ
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
- 髭面ひげづら
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
- ちょび髭ちょびひげ
small mustache; short mustache
- 白髭しろひげ
grey moustache; gray mustache
- 付け髭つけひげ
false moustache
- お髭の塵を取るおひげのちりをとる
to flatter a higher-up; to brush the dirt from a beard
- カイゼル髭カイゼルひげ
handlebar mustache
- ナマズ髭なまずひげ
drooping moustache
- 信濃頬髭蝙蝠しなのほおひげこうもり
Shinano whiskered bat (Myotis ikonnikovi hosonoi); Hosono's myotis
- 八字髭はちじひげ
finely trimmed moustache
- 口髭猿くちひげざる
mustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus); moustached guenon
- 大髭おおひげ
long and abundant moustache
- 天神髭てんじんひげ
drooping moustache; goatee
- 山羊髭やぎひげ
goatee
- 御髭の塵を払うおひげのちりをはらう
to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour; to brush the dirt from a beard
- 白髭海栗しらひげうに
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
- 白髭草しらひげそう
Parnassia foliosa (species of flowering herb)
- 竜の髭りゅうのひげ
dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
- 虎髭とらひげ
bristly beard; bristly mustache
Study
Etymology
髭 combines 髟 (hair) with 此, which likely contributes the sound. The character specifically denotes facial hair, distinguishing it from other hair-related characters.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 髟 means hair, and the bottom 此 looks like a face with a mustache and beard. Picture a face with hair growing around the mouth and chin.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, imagine a man with a beard saying 'she' loves his facial hair: she -> シ, and the beard makes him memorable.