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Radical 59fine hair; feathers, streaks, ornamental strokes

shān (first tone, high and level)

fine hair; feathers, streaks, ornamental strokes

Radical 593 strokes0 characters

Where the shape comes from

Three slanting strokes, evenly spaced: hair, plumage, or the fine lines a decorator draws. It marks whatever is drawn, patterned or cast as a likeness — 形 a shape, 影 a shadow (which is why 电影 ends in it), 彩 colour, 须 the whiskers of 必须. Wherever you see it, something is being pictured rather than done.

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