茂

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

茂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈竹 (TIH), four-corner 4425₃, composition ⿱艹戊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3188, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8302

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mus) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 戊 (OC *mus).

Applying this character to mean “cyclopentadiene” in organic chemistry results from the decomposition of the character as an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 艸 (“radical for aromatic compounds”) + 戊 (“five-carbon ring”), since the conjugate base of cyclopentadiene (cyclopentadienyl anion) is aromatic.

Pronunciation

Definitions

茂

1. ^⁜ lush; luxuriant; dense; thick

   茂盛  ―  màoshèng  ―  luxuriant

2. ^⁜ excellent; splendid; talented
3. (organic chemistry) cyclopentadiene

   二茂鐵／二茂铁  ―  èrmàotiě  ―  ferrocene

4. Alternative form of 懋 (“to encourage”)
5. a surname

Synonyms

• (lush):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush

Readings

• Go-on: も (mo, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: しげい (shigei, 茂い); しげし (shigeshi, 茂し); しげる (shigeru, 茂る, Jōyō); しげみ (shigemi, 茂み); しげむ (shigemu, 茂む); しみさぶ (shimisabu, 茂さぶ); しみに (shimini, 茂に); しみら (shimira, 茂ら); もし (moshi, 茂し)
• Nanori: あり (ari); いかし (ikashi); し (shi); しげ (shige); しげい (shigei); しげみ (shigemi); たか (taka); とお (tō); とも (tomo); とよ (toyo); もち (mochi); もと (moto); ゆた (yuta)

Compounds

Proper noun

茂(しげる) • (Shigeru) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

茂 (eumhun 무성할 무 (museonghal mu))

1. Hanja form^? of 무 (“thick, lush, dense”).
2. Hanja form^? of 무 (“talented”).

Vietnamese

Han character

茂: Hán Nôm readings: mậu, ngồng

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