Do you know these words 鬣, 鬃, 鬓, 髦, 髯? They look very difficult? Yes, they do before you know how to decode them. Now, just take a minute to conquer these monsters!
The key to decoding these words is 彡. When you see 彡, what meaning can you think of? Try to imagine…
Radical 彡
彡denotes:
1. hair, beard, such as 须.
2. light, brightness, such as 影, 彩.
Radical 毛
Speaking of hair, 毛 cannot be put aside. 毛 combines with other characters to signify mostly things made of hair, such as 尾，笔，毯 etc.
Radical 髟
髟, which includes 彡, originally meant an old man and beard, and later its meaning evolved into the meaning of hair. 髟 combines with other characters in an up-down structure to signify things related to the hair of people or animals, such as 鬃，鬓，髦，髯.