unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair
Literary or formal term for messy, uncombed hair. Often appears in set phrases like 弊衣蓬髪 (worn clothes and disheveled hair).
See also: 弊衣蓬髪
He appeared in worn clothes and with disheveled hair.
An old man with tousled hair was sitting by the roadside.
unkempt hair and shabby clothes; disheveled appearance
Compound of 蓬 (yomogi, mugwort, suggesting wild, tangled growth) and 髪 (hair). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of unkempt hair.