Hai Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Hair (biāo)
Hair
Kangxi Stroke Count: 15
Page 784, Entry 01
Ancient script. Pronounced fa.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) says: The root.
Yupian (Yupian) says: The hair on the head.
Shiming (Shiming) says: Hair (fa), to pull out (ba). It is pulled out and grows out.
Basic Questions of the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi Suwen) says: The essence of the kidneys is manifested in the hair.
Caomuzi (Caomuzi) says: The glory of the blood is expressed in the hair.
Also, Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Chapter: Free and Easy Wandering (Xiaoyaoyou): The barren land of the extreme north.
Pronunciation and Meaning (Yinyi) says: Hair (fa), like downy hair. Under the North Pole, there is a place without grass or trees. Downy hair (mao), refers to grass. The Book of Geography says: Mountains use grass and trees as their hair.
Also a surname.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Confucian Scholars (Rulin Zhuan): A man from the East Sea named Fa Fu.
Also Tufa, a compound surname.
Also rhyming with fei.
Pan Yue, Rhapsody on Plowing the Field (Jietian Fu): Wearing coarse cloth garments and lifting the hem, wearing children's hair knots hanging down. One after another, leaning their shoulders, pulling their clothes and connecting their sleeves.