hair

protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin
Thing anatomical_structure_class_type Q28472
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hair

Summary

hair is an anatomical structure class type[1]. hair draws 4,093 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical_structure_class_type category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • hair's instance of is recorded as anatomical structure class type[3].
  • hair's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • hair is made of keratins[5].
  • hair is a type of biomaterial[6].
  • hair is a type of skin appendage[7].
  • hair is a type of particular anatomical entity[8].
  • hair is part of androgenic hair[9].
  • hair is part of set of hairs[10].
  • hair's Commons category is recorded as Hair[11].
  • hair comprises cuticle[12].
  • hair comprises cortex[13].
  • hair comprises medulla[14].
  • hair comprises Q23900278[15].
  • hair's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hair[16].
  • hair's anatomical location is recorded as hair follicle[17].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[20].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[23].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • hair's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[25].
  • hair's has characteristic is recorded as hair color[26].
  • hair's has characteristic is recorded as hair length[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include anatomical structure class type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include biomaterial[6], skin appendage[7], and particular anatomical entity[8].

Use and Application

Components include cuticle[12], a layer[28]; cortex[13], a layer[29]; medulla[14], a layer[30]; and Q23900278[15]. Part of include androgenic hair[9] and set of hairs[10].

Influence

Things named for hair include androgenic hair[31]; halotrichite[32], a mineral species[33]; Trichiurus[34], a taxon[35]; and cyanotrichite[36], a mineral species[37].

Why It Matters

hair draws 4,093 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical_structure_class_type category, ranking #3 of 19).[2] hair has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] hair is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for hair include androgenic hair[31]; halotrichite[32], a mineral species[33]; Trichiurus[34], a taxon[35]; and cyanotrichite[36], a mineral species[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . toppikhairfiber.pk. toppikhairfiber.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 167
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arc', 'as', 'ast', 'av', 'ay', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban
    P14950 → 115
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14950]]: 115"
  2. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 7061
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 7061, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167479220|HAIR (#167479220)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hair
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: hair, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934989|hair (#289934989)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus +5
    Anatomical location → hair follicle
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24042, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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