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Character Detail
Character Etymology
Stroke Order
xìn
Character Formation
Definition
hairy head, (right side of
匘
)
Formation
Method
(象形)
Pictographic.
Hair
巛
raised up above the head
囟
.
Character Decomposition
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Word Detail 
Character Detail 
Character Etymology 
Stroke Order 
This
character is also a phonetic component, i.e., it supplies the pronunciation part of characters that consist of a phonetic and a signific component.