TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
髮
髮 ＝ 髟 ＋ 犮
ㄈㄚˋ · fà
noun — hair (of the head)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
髟義long flowing hair長 over 彡 — strands streaming down
犮聲bá — gives the sounda dog 犬 with a stroke through it — wrenching, pulling away
{b,p,f}ITbá → fà — the {b,p,f} crossing; tone shifts too
Flowing hair (髟) is the sense — 髟 is 長 hair over the falling strands 彡. 犮 bá carries the sound, worn from b to f. Together they write 髮: the hair of the head, 頭髮.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
長髮（髟）垂下來，一把抓住（犮）——拔，連根。
Long hair (髟) hangs down; a hand seizes it (犮) — a yank, by the roots.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)髮根、頭髮— the hair of the head常用
→千鈞一髮、毫髮— a hair's breadth — the finest measure
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
發fāthe lookalike and near-twin in sound — 發 keeps the bow 弓 (to shoot, send out); 髮 wears the long hair 犮báthe hidden phonetic — also in 拔、跋, the worn 犬-with-a-stroke the student can't read as a sound