毛
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Han character
毛 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手山 (HQU), four-corner 20714, composition ⿱丿⿻二乚)
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/毛
- 𠇔, 㕰, 㘪, 㚪, 𡥊, 𫷀, 𢗳, 㧌, 𣲭, 𤝄, 𨑺, 𪰌, 枆, 𣥡, 𭴎, 牦, 𭸶, 𦙤, 𮁠, 瓱, 㿞, 眊, 𥐽, 秏, 竓, 粍, 䋃(𫄜), 耗, 𬚱, 蚝, 𧠑, 𮗥, 䚽(𬣜), 𨈥, 軞(𬨁), 酕, 𨱞, 兞, 𩉪, 䫽, 𬲎, 𩠔, 䭷, 𩫁, 𩲊, 魹, 𩿘, 𪉚, 𪎷, 䶰
- 覒, 𩿂, 𰀴, 𤆬, 𥄥, 𨖧, 宒, 芼, 𦒷, 𬔆, 笔, 耄, 雮, 靟, 𤦖, 𥇾, 髦, 𨪅, 旄, 尾, 麾, 閐(𨸃), 𧘝
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 591, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16772
- Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1994, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6BDB
Chinese
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Pictogram (象形) – feather or hair.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l (“hair; fur; feather”); related to 眉 (OC *mril, “eyebrow”) and cognate with Manipuri ꯃꯨꯅ (mun, “pubic hair”), Garo খিমিল (khimil, “hair; fur”), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-məw¹ (“body hair”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
(Cantonese) (mold): folk etymology suggests from English mold.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): máo / mú
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мо (mo, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mou4 / mou4-1
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): mou4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): mau3
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mou4 / mou4-1
- Gan (Wiktionary): mau4 / mau1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): mau2 / mau1
- Northern Min (KCR): mâu
- Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mor2
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): maau4
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mau2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: máo
- Wade–Giles: mao2
- Yale: máu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
- Palladius: мао (mao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mao2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mao
- Sinological IPA (key): /mau²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: máo / mú
- Sinological IPA (key): /mau²⁴/, /mu²⁴/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мо (mo, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mou4 / mou4-1
- Yale: mòuh / mōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 / mou4-1
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 / mou4-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹/, /mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- mou4-1 - “hair; mold”.
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: mou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔu²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: mau3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐbau²²/
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: mau4 / mau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mau³⁵/, /mau⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
- Hakka Romanization System: moˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo1
- Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: moˋ
- Sinological IPA: /mo⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mau2 / mau1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau⁵³/, /mau¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mâu
- Sinological IPA (key): /mau³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /mo⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: mor2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɒ¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
- Tâi-lô: môo
- Phofsit Daibuun: moo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang): /mɔ̃²⁴/
- IPA (Philippines): /mɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
- Tâi-lô: mâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: maau
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mãu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘
- Tâi-lô: moo
- Phofsit Daibuun: mof
- IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /mɔ̃⁴⁴/
Note:
- mô͘ - literary, surname, impure, unrefined, crops, hair (literary);
- mn̂g/mo͘/mô͘ (Zhangzhou) - vernacular, hair (vernacular), minute;
- mâu - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: mo5 / mao5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô / mâu
- Sinological IPA (key): /mo⁵⁵/, /mau⁵⁵/
Note:
- mo5 - vernacular;
- mao5 - literary.
Note:
- mo5 - vernacular;
- mao5 - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: maau4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mau²¹/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6mau
- MiniDict: mau去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3mau
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Wugniu: 2mau
- MiniDict: mau平
- Sinological IPA (Jiading): /mɔ³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /mɔ³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmɔ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mæ²²³/
- Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /mɔ¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /maɯ¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /mɔ³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mɔ²³/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /mɒ²³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɔ³¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /mɔ²²/
- (Jinhua)
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: mau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɒu̯¹³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: maw, mawH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤaw/
- (Zhengzhang): /*maːw/, /*maːws/
Definitions
毛
- hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 支 mn)
- (dialectal) hair on the head
- mildew; mold
- (colloquial) jiao; one tenth of a yuan or dollar; ten cents; dime
- coarse; raw; semifinished
- 毛茶 ― máochá ― raw tea
- (of an amount) gross
- rough; sketchy
- 毛估 ― máogū ― to make a rough estimate
- small; little
- careless; unthinking
- panicked; scared; nervous
- angry; furious
- (of currency) depreciated
- (Mainland China, colloquial or slang) no; nothing; damn all; my ass
- (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
- (Hokkien) tiny; minute
- (Hokkien) impure; contaminated; false; mixed
- (Mainland China Hokkien) crops; vegetation; greenery; plants
- (Mainland China Hokkien) unrefined; crude
- a surname
- 毛澤東／毛泽东 ― Máo Zédōng ― Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), founder of the People's Republic of China
Usage notes
In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use 頭髮／头发 (tóufa) instead.
Synonyms
- (hair on the head):
Dialectal synonyms of 頭髮 (“hair (on the head)”)
- (jiao):
Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”)
Compounds
- 一毛
- 一毛不拔 (yīmáobùbá)
- 一毛錢 / 一毛钱
- 不毛 (bùmáo)
- 不毛之地 (bùmáozhīdì)
- 九牛一毛 (jiǔniúyīmáo)
- 九牛毛
- 二毛 (èrmáo)
- 二毛子
- 二道毛子
- 五毛 (wǔmáo)
- 伐毛洗髓
- 倒捽毛兒 / 倒捽毛儿
- 兔毛
- 兔毛大伯
- 兔角龜毛 / 兔角龟毛
- 冠毛
- 出毛病 (chūmáobìng)
- 刺毛
- 剛毛 / 刚毛 (gāngmáo)
- 千里鵝毛
- 吊毛
- 吹毛
- 吹毛取瑕
- 吹毛毛
- 吹毛求瑕
- 吹毛求疵 (chuīmáoqiúcī)
- 吹毛索疵
- 命輕鴻毛 / 命轻鸿毛
- 土毛
- 多如牛毛 (duōrúniúmáo)
- 大毛
- 太山鴻毛 / 太山鸿毛
- 奶毛 (nǎimáo)
- 寒毛 (hánmáo)
- 寒毛直豎 / 寒毛直竖
- 寬皮毛 / 宽皮毛
- 小毛 (xiǎomáo)
- 小毛賊 / 小毛贼
- 小毛頭 / 小毛头
- 尾毛
- 屌毛
- 屬毛離裡 / 属毛离里
- 山毛櫸 / 山毛榉 (shānmáojǔ)
- 愛惜羽毛 / 爱惜羽毛 (àixīyǔmáo)
- 愛毛反裘 / 爱毛反裘
- 扁毛畜生
- 打毛線 / 打毛线 (dǎ máoxiàn)
- 披毛犀
- 拂毛羽
- 拿毛
- 挑毛揀刺 / 挑毛拣刺
- 挑毛病
- 挽眉毛
- 搖鵝毛扇 / 摇鹅毛扇
- 撏毛搗鬢 / 挦毛捣鬓
- 撈毛的 / 捞毛的
- 料毛
- 旃毛
- 旋毛蟲 / 旋毛虫
- 松毛 (sōngmáo)
- 松毛蟲 / 松毛虫 (sōngmáochóng)
- 棕毛 (zōngmáo)
- 歹鬥毛 / 歹斗毛
- 死輕鴻毛 / 死轻鸿毛
- 殖毛劑 / 殖毛剂
- 毛丫頭 / 毛丫头
- 毛了
- 毛了手腳 / 毛了手脚
- 毛人
- 毛兔子
- 毛公鼎
- 毛利 (máolì)
- 毛利人 (Máolìrén)
- 毛刺 (máocì)
- 毛刻本
- 毛包
- 毛南族 (Máonánzú)
- 毛司
- 毛咕
- 毛嘴 (Máozuǐ)
- 毛囊 (máonáng)
- 毛囊炎 (máonángyán)
- 毛囊蟲 / 毛囊虫
- 毛團 / 毛团 (máotuán)
- 毛團把戲 / 毛团把戏
- 毛地黃 / 毛地黄 (máodìhuáng)
- 毛坑
- 毛坯 (máopī)
- 毛太紙 / 毛太纸
- 毛子 (máozi)
- 毛子人
- 毛子話 / 毛子话
- 毛孔 (máokǒng)
- 毛孩子 (máoháizi)
- 毛家港 (Máojiāgǎng)
- 毛寶放龜 / 毛宝放龟
- 毛尖 (máojiān)
- 毛尖茶
- 毛崽子
- 毛巾 (máojīn)
- 毛巾被 (máojīnbèi)
- 毛市 (Máoshì)
- 毛布 (máobù)
- 毛序
- 毛廁 / 毛厕
- 毛心
- 毛所得
- 毛手毛腳 / 毛手毛脚 (máoshǒumáojiǎo)
- 毛料 (máoliào)
- 毛施淑姿
- 毛板
- 毛桃
- 毛栗子 (máolìzi)
- 毛樣 / 毛样 (máoyàng)
- 毛毛
- 毛毛匠
- 毛毛毛 (máomáomáo)
- 毛毛的
- 毛毛蟲 / 毛毛虫
- 毛毛雨
- 毛毛騰騰 / 毛毛腾腾
- 毛毯 (máotǎn)
- 毛氈 / 毛毡 (máozhān)
- 毛氈苔 / 毛毡苔 (máozhāntái)
- 毛渠
- 毛烘烘
- 毛燕
- 毛片
- 毛物
- 毛犀
- 毛玻璃 (máobōli)
- 毛瑟槍 / 毛瑟枪 (máosèqiāng)
- 毛病 (máobìng)
- 毛皮 (máopí)
- 毛穎 / 毛颖
- 毛窩 / 毛窝
- 毛窩子 / 毛窝子
- 毛窩鞋 / 毛窝鞋
- 毛竹 (máozhú)
- 毛筍 / 毛笋 (máosǔn)
- 毛筆 / 毛笔 (máobǐ)
- 毛筆字 / 毛笔字
- 毛糙 (máocāo)
- 毛紙 / 毛纸
- 毛紡 / 毛纺 (máofǎng)
- 毛細現象 / 毛细现象 (máoxì xiànxiàng)
- 毛細管 / 毛细管 (máoxìguǎn)
- 毛細管水 / 毛细管水
- 毛細血管 / 毛细血管 (máoxì xuèguǎn)
- 毛絨 / 毛绒
- 毛絨絨 / 毛绒绒 (máoróngróng)
- 毛線 / 毛线 (máoxiàn)
- 毛線衣 / 毛线衣 (máoxiànyī)
- 毛織品 / 毛织品 (máozhīpǐn)
- 毛織物 / 毛织物 (máozhīwù)
- 毛繩 / 毛绳
- 毛群 (máoqún)
- 毛義捧檄 / 毛义捧檄
- 毛羽
- 毛腰
- 毛腳女婿 / 毛脚女婿
- 毛腳媳婦 / 毛脚媳妇
- 毛腳毛手 / 毛脚毛手
- 毛腳雞 / 毛脚鸡
- 毛舉 / 毛举
- 毛舉細事 / 毛举细事
- 毛舉細務 / 毛举细务
- 毛舉細故 / 毛举细故
- 毛舉縷析 / 毛举缕析
- 毛草
- 毛茶 (máochá)
- 毛茸
- 毛茸茸
- 毛蒂青皮
- 毛薑 / 毛姜
- 毛藍 / 毛蓝
- 毛蚶 (máohān)
- 毛蛋 (máodàn)
- 毛蜞
- 毛蝨 / 毛虱
- 毛蝦 / 毛虾 (máoxiā)
- 毛蟲 / 毛虫 (máochóng)
- 毛蟹 (máoxiè)
- 毛血
- 毛衣 (máoyī)
- 毛衫 (máoshān)
- 毛裝 / 毛装
- 毛裡拖氈 / 毛里拖毡
- 毛裝本 / 毛装本
- 毛襪 / 毛袜
- 毛詩 / 毛诗 (Máoshī)
- 毛譜 / 毛谱
- 毛豆 (máodòu)
- 毛象 (máoxiàng)
- 毛豬 / 毛猪
- 毛賊 / 毛贼 (máozéi)
- 毛躁 (máozào)
- 毛遂自薦 / 毛遂自荐 (máosuìzìjiàn)
- 毛邊紙 / 毛边纸 (máobiānzhǐ)
- 毛里塔尼亞 (Máolǐtǎníyà)
- 毛里求斯 (Máolǐqiúsī)
- 毛重 (máozhòng)
- 毛錢 / 毛钱 (máoqián)
- 毛錐子 / 毛锥子
- 毛開骨悚 / 毛开骨悚
- 毛雨
- 毛頭 / 毛头 (máotóu)
- 毛頭星 / 毛头星
- 毛頭紙 / 毛头纸
- 毛額 / 毛额 (máo'é)
- 毛食
- 毛騰廝火 / 毛腾厮火
- 毛驢 / 毛驴 (máolǘ)
- 毛骨悚然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
- 毛骨森然
- 毛骨森竦
- 毛骨竦然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
- 毛骨聳然 / 毛骨耸然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
- 毛髮 / 毛发 (máofà)
- 毛髮之功 / 毛发之功
- 毛髮俱豎 / 毛发俱竖
- 毛髮倒豎 / 毛发倒竖
- 毛髮悚然 / 毛发悚然
- 毛髮森豎 / 毛发森竖
- 毛髮皆豎 / 毛发皆竖
- 毛髮聳然 / 毛发耸然
- 毫毛 (háomáo)
- 毫毛不犯
- 毳毛
- 氄毛
- 氈上拖毛 / 毡上拖毛
- 氈毛 / 毡毛
- 汗毛 (hànmáo)
- 泰山鴻毛 / 泰山鸿毛
- 涼爽羊毛 / 凉爽羊毛
- 溫毛 / 温毛
- 潑毛團 / 泼毛团
- 潑毛神 / 泼毛神
- 火燒眉毛 / 火烧眉毛 (huǒshāoméimáo)
- 烏毛蕨 / 乌毛蕨
- 無毛 / 无毛 (wúmáo)
- 燕毛
- 燎毛
- 牛之一毛
- 牛毛 (niúmáo)
- 狗毛
- 狼毛筆 / 狼毛笔
- 班毛
- 生毛帶角 / 生毛带角
- 略知皮毛
- 發毛 / 发毛 (fāmáo)
- 白毛
- 白毛風 / 白毛风 (báimáofēng)
- 皮之不存，毛將焉附 / 皮之不存，毛将焉附 (pí zhī bù cún, máo jiāng yān fù)
- 皮毛 (pímáo)
- 眉毛 (méimáo)
- 眼扎毛
- 眾毛攢裘 / 众毛攒裘
- 眼睫毛 (yǎnjiémáo)
- 睫毛 (jiémáo)
- 管城毛穎 / 管城毛颖
- 紅毛 / 红毛 (hóngmáo)
- 紅毛城 / 红毛城 (Hóngmáochéng)
- 紅毛番 / 红毛番 (hóngmáofān)
- 細毛 / 细毛 (xìmáo)
- 細毛藻 / 细毛藻
- 絨毛 / 绒毛 (róngmáo)
- 綿毛 / 绵毛
- 繭絲牛毛 / 茧丝牛毛
- 纖毛 / 纤毛 (xiānmáo)
- 纖毛蟲 / 纤毛虫 (xiānmáochóng)
- 纖毛運動 / 纤毛运动
- 罵毛延壽 / 骂毛延寿
- 羊毛 (yángmáo)
- 羊毛猴
- 羊毛疔
- 羊毛脂 (yángmáozhī)
- 羽毛 (yǔmáo)
- 羽毛未豐 / 羽毛未丰
- 羽毛球 (yǔmáoqiú)
- 羽毛衣
- 翎毛
- 翎毛畫 / 翎毛画
- 翻毛兒 / 翻毛儿
- 老毛
- 老毛子 (lǎomáozi)
- 老毛病 (lǎomáobìng)
- 胎毛 (tāimáo)
- 脫毛 / 脱毛 (tuōmáo)
- 腋毛 (yèmáo)
- 腳毛 / 脚毛 (jiǎomáo)
- 腸絨毛 / 肠绒毛
- 腹背之毛
- 腿毛 (tuǐmáo)
- 膽邊生毛 / 胆边生毛
- 自惜羽毛
- 茸毛
- 茶毛蟲 / 茶毛虫
- 茹毛飲血 / 茹毛饮血 (rúmáoyǐnxuè)
- 草雞毛 / 草鸡毛
- 蛓毛蟲 / 蛓毛虫
- 血毛
- 褪毛 (tuìmáo)
- 西寧毛 / 西宁毛
- 見驥一毛 / 见骥一毛
- 觸毛 / 触毛
- 謹毛失貌 / 谨毛失貌
- 豎人毛髮 / 竖人毛发
- 豎毛 / 竖毛
- 豎毛筋 / 竖毛筋
- 輕如鴻毛 / 轻如鸿毛
- 輕於鴻毛 / 轻于鸿毛 (qīngyúhóngmáo)
- 重眉毛
- 野毛扁豆
- 鑒毛辨色 / 鉴毛辨色
- 長毛 / 长毛
- 長毛絨 / 长毛绒 (chángmáoróng)
- 長毛象 / 长毛象 (chángmáoxiàng)
- 阿奇毛 (āqímáo)
- 陰毛 / 阴毛 (yīnmáo)
- 雞毛帚 / 鸡毛帚 (jīmáozhǒu)
- 雞毛店 / 鸡毛店
- 雞毛打帚 / 鸡毛打帚
- 雞毛撢子 / 鸡毛撢子 (jīmáo dǎnzi)
- 雞毛文書 / 鸡毛文书
- 雞毛蒜皮 / 鸡毛蒜皮 (jīmáosuànpí)
- 鞭毛 (biānmáo)
- 鞭毛藻
- 鞭毛蟲 / 鞭毛虫 (biānmáochóng)
- 顛毛 / 颠毛
- 飛毛腿 / 飞毛腿 (fēimáotuǐ)
- 食毛踐土 / 食毛践土
- 飲血茹毛 / 饮血茹毛
- 騏驥一毛 / 骐骥一毛
- 體毛 / 体毛 (tǐmáo)
- 髯毛
- 鬃毛 (zōngmáo)
- 鬢毛 / 鬓毛 (bìnmáo)
- 鱗毛 / 鳞毛
- 鳳毛 / 凤毛 (fèngmáo)
- 鳳毛濟美 / 凤毛济美
- 鳳毛麟角 / 凤毛麟角 (fèngmáo línjiǎo)
- 鴻毛 / 鸿毛 (hóngmáo)
- 鴻毛泰山 / 鸿毛泰山
- 鵝毛 / 鹅毛 (émáo)
- 鵝毛扇 / 鹅毛扇
- 鵝毛被 / 鹅毛被
- 鵝毛雪 / 鹅毛雪 (émáoxuě)
- 鷹擊毛摯 / 鹰击毛挚
- 鷹爪毛兒 / 鹰爪毛儿
- 麟角鳳毛 / 麟角凤毛 (línjiǎo fèngmáo)
- 黃毛丫頭 / 黄毛丫头
- 黃毛團兒 / 黄毛团儿
- 龜毛 / 龟毛 (guīmáo)
- 龜毛兔角 / 龟毛兔角 (guīmáotùjiǎo)
Descendants
- → Arabic: مَاو (māw)
- → English: Mao
- → French: Mao
- → German: Mao
- → Italian: Mao
- → Persian: مائو (mâ'u)
- → Russian: Ма́о (Máo)
- → Turkish: Mao
- → Uyghur: ماۋ (maw)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mng / mo͘
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mng
- Tâi-lô: mng
- Phofsit Daibuun: mngf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘
- Tâi-lô: moo
- Phofsit Daibuun: mof
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Definitions
毛
References
- “毛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
毛
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 毛 |
| け Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kay. Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ke (“hair, fur”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 毛 |
| もう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 毛 (maw).
Pronunciation
Noun
- one thousandth
References
- ^ “毛”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
Okinawan
Kanji
毛
Readings
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *ke, from Proto-Japonic *kay. Cognate with Japanese 毛 (ke).
Noun
毛 (kī)
Derived terms
Vietnamese
Han character
毛: Hán Nôm readings: mao, mau, mào