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毛 U+6BDB, 毛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BDB
← 毚
[U+6BDA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 毜 →
[U+6BDC]
⽑ U+2F51, ⽑
KANGXI RADICAL FUR
← ⽐
[U+2F50] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽒ →
[U+2F52]

Translingual

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Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

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See images of
Radical 82 毛

毛 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手山 (HQU), four-corner 20714, composition ⿱丿⿻二乚)

Derived characters

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Additional Derived Characters

Descendants

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References

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  • 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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simp. and trad.
 毛

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 毛
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (毛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
毛 *maːw, *maːws
髦 *maːw
旄 *maːw, *maːws
芼 *maːw, *maːws
氂 *rɯ, *maːw
枆 *maːw
酕 *maːw
牦 *maːw
耄 *maːws
覒 *maːws
眊 *maːws, *mraːwɢ
耗 *hmaːws
秏 *hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
毣 *mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ

Pictogram (象形) – feather or hair.

Etymology 1

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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

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Note:
  • mou4-1 - “hair; mold”.
Note:
  • mô͘ - literary, surname, impure, unrefined, crops, hair (literary);
  • mn̂g/mo͘/mô͘ (Zhangzhou) - vernacular, hair (vernacular), minute;
  • mâu - vernacular.
Note:
  • mo5 - vernacular;
  • mao5 - literary.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: mo5 / mao5
      • Sinological IPA: /mɔ²²/, /mau²²/
Note:
  • mo5 - vernacular;
  • mao5 - literary.
Rime
Character 毛 毛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 莫袍切 莫報切
Baxter maw mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maw/ /mawH/
Li
Rong 		/mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɑu/ /mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		máo mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou4 mou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 毛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		máo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ maw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.mˁaw/
English hair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 毛 毛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8780 8791
Phonetic
component 		毛 毛
Rime
group 		宵 宵
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		毛 冃
Old
Chinese 		/*maːw/ /*maːws/

Definitions

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毛

  1. hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 支 mn)
    雞毛／鸡毛 [Cantonese]  ―  gai1 mou4 [Jyutping]  ―  chicken feather
  2. (dialectal) hair on the head
  3. mildew; mold
    發毛／发毛 [Cantonese]  ―  faat3 mou4-1 [Jyutping]  ―  to become moldy
  4. (colloquial) jiao; one tenth of a yuan or dollar; ten cents; dime
    一毛錢／一毛钱  ―  yī máo qián  ―  a jiao / ten cents
    三塊兩毛／三块两毛  ―  sān kuài liǎng máo  ―  three yuan and two jiao / three dollars and twenty cents
    五毛黨／五毛党  ―  wǔmáodǎng  ―  wumao
  5. coarse; raw; semifinished
    毛茶  ―  máochá  ―  raw tea
  6. (of an amount) gross
    Antonym: 淨 / 净 (jìng)
    毛利  ―  máolì  ―  gross profit
    毛重  ―  máozhòng  ―  gross weight
  7. rough; sketchy
    毛估  ―  máogū  ―  to make a rough estimate
  8. small; little
    毛毛雨  ―  máomaoyǔ  ―  drizzle
    毛孩子  ―  máoháizi  ―  mere child
  9. careless; unthinking
    毛手毛腳／毛手毛脚  ―  máoshǒumáojiǎo  ―  to be careless
  10. panicked; scared; nervous
    把我嚇毛了／把我吓毛了  ―  bǎ wǒ xià máo le  ―  to have scared me
  11. angry; furious
  12. (of currency) depreciated
  13. (Mainland China, colloquial or slang) no; nothing; damn all; my ass
    有毛用  ―  yǒu máo yòng  ―  be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
    管毛用  ―  guǎn máo yòng  ―  be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
  14. (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    Synonyms: 春, 鐵 / 铁
    你識條毛咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你识条毛咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 sik1 tiu4 mou4 me1? [Jyutping]
    Do you know anything at all?
  15. (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
    白毛  ―  bái máo  ―  [the character] with white-coloured hair
    假毛  ―  jiǎmáo  ―  wig
  16. (Hokkien) tiny; minute
  17. (Hokkien) impure; contaminated; false; mixed
  18. (Mainland China Hokkien) crops; vegetation; greenery; plants
  19. (Mainland China Hokkien) unrefined; crude
  20. 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
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In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use 頭髮／头发 (tóufa) instead.

Synonyms
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  • (hair on the head):
Dialectal synonyms of 頭髮 (“hair (on the head)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 髮, 頭毛, 鬊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 頭髮
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 頭髮
Taiwan 頭髮
Langfang 頭髮
Ulanhot 頭髮
Tongliao 頭髮
Chifeng 頭髮
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 頭髮
Harbin 頭髮
Shenyang 頭髮
Malaysia 頭髮
Singapore 頭髮
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 頭髮
Cangzhou 頭髮
Baoding 頭髮
Shijiazhuang 毛
Jinan 頭髮
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 頭髮
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 頭髮
Daming 頭髮
Wanrong 頭髮
Zhengzhou 頭髮
Xi'an 頭髮
Xining 頭髮
Xuzhou 頭髮, 毛兒 humorous
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 頭髮
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 頭髮
Bayanhot 頭髮
Lanzhou 頭髮
Ürümqi 頭髮
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 頭髮
Wuhan 頭髮
Guiyang 頭髮
Kunming 頭髮
Guilin 頭髮
Liuzhou 頭髮
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 頭髮
Yangzhou 頭髮
Hefei 頭髮
Chuzhou 頭毛
Cantonese Guangzhou 頭髮, 頭毛
Hong Kong 頭髮
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 頭毛
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 頭毛
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 頭那毛
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 頭毛
Macau 頭髮
Guangzhou (Panyu) 頭毛, 頭髮
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 頭髮
Guangzhou (Conghua) 頭髮, 頭毛
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 頭毛
Foshan 頭毛, 頭髮
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 頭髮
Foshan (Shunde) 頭髮
Foshan (Sanshui) 頭髮
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 頭髮
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頭毛
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 頭毛
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 頭毛
Zhuhai (Doumen) 頭毛
Jiangmen (Baisha) 頭毛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 頭毛
Taishan 頭毛
Kaiping (Chikan) 頭毛
Enping (Niujiang) 頭毛
Heshan (Yayao) 頭髮
Dongguan 頭毛
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 頭毛
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 頭毛
Qingyuan 頭髮
Fogang 頭髮
Yingde (Hanguang) 頭髮
Yangshan 頭髮
Lianshan (Butian) 頭毛
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 頭髮
Shaoguan 頭髮
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頭髮
Renhua 頭髮
Lechang 頭髮
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 頭髮
Sihui 頭髮
Guangning 頭髮
Deqing 頭髮
Huaiji 頭髮
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 頭髮
Yunfu 頭髮
Xinxing 頭髮
Luoding 頭髮
Yunan (Pingtai) 頭毛
Yangjiang 頭毛
Xinyi 頭毛
Maoming (Xinpo) 頭毛
Lianjiang 頭毛
Nanning 頭髮
Wuzhou 頭髮
Yulin 頭毛
Hepu (Lianzhou) 頭毛
Guiping 頭髮
Mengshan (Xihe) 頭髮
Guigang (Nanjiang) 頭髮
Beiliu (Tangliao) 頭毛
Baise 頭髮
Bobai 頭毛
Lingshan 頭毛
Pubei 頭毛
Qinzhou 頭毛
Beihai 頭髮, 頭毛
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 頭髮, 頭毛
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 頭髮
Ningming 頭髮
Hengzhou 頭毛
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 頭髮
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 頭髮, 頭毛
Danzhou 毛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 頭髮
Singapore (Guangfu) 頭髮
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 頭髮
Móng Cái 頭髮, 頭毛
Gan Nanchang 頭髮
Lichuan 頭髮
Pingxiang 頭髮
Jianning 頭髮
Taining 頭毛
Hakka Meixian 頭那毛
Xingning 毛
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 頭毛
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 頭毛
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 頭毛
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 頭毛
Huidong (Daling) 頭那毛
Dongguan (Qingxi) 頭那毛
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 頭髮
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 頭髮, 頭毛
Boluo (Bendihua) 頭毛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 頭那毛
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 頭那毛
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 毛, 頭那毛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Huacheng) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Changbu) 頭那毛
Wuhua (Mianyang) 頭那毛
Heyuan (Bendihua) 頭毛, 頭髮
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 頭毛
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 頭髮
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 頭髮
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 頭髮
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 頭髮
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 頭髮
Wengyuan 頭髮毛
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頭毛
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 頭毛
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 頭毛, 頭髮
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 頭髮
Liannan 頭髮
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 頭髮
Jiexi 頭那毛
Luhe 頭那毛
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 頭那毛
Changting 頭髮, 頭那毛
Wuping 頭髮
Wuping (Yanqian) 毛
Wuping (Pingyu) 頭髮毛
Liancheng 頭髮
Ninghua 腦毛
Yudu 頭髮
Ningdu 頭髮
Ruijin 頭髮
Shicheng 頭髮
Shangyou (Shexi) 頭髮
Tonggu (Sandu) 頭髮
Ganzhou (Panlong) 頭髮
Dayu 頭髮
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭那毛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頭那毛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頭那毛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頭那毛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頭那毛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭那毛
Hong Kong 頭那毛
Yangxi (Tangkou) 頭毛
Yangchun (Sanjia) 頭毛
Xinyi (Sihe) 頭髮
Xinyi (Qianpai) 頭髮
Gaozhou (Xindong) 頭毛
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 頭毛
Huazhou (Xin'an) 頭髮
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 頭毛
Lianjiang (Qingping) 頭毛
Mengshan (Xihe) 頭髮
Luchuan 頭毛
Luchuan (Daqiao) 頭毛
Sabah (Longchuan) 頭那毛
Senai (Huiyang) 頭那毛
Kuching (Hepo) 頭毛
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 頭那毛
Singkawang 頭那毛
Huizhou Jixi 頭毛, 頭髮
Huangshan (Tunxi) 頭髮
Jin Taiyuan 頭髮
Pingyao 頭髮
Xinzhou 頭髮
Taibus (Baochang) 頭髮
Linhe 頭髮
Jining 頭髮
Hohhot 頭髮
Baotou 頭髮
Dongsheng 頭髮
Haibowan 頭髮
Zhangjiakou 頭髮
Handan 頭髮
Northern Min Jian'ou 頭毛, 頭髮
Jian'ou (Dikou) 頭毛
Songxi 頭毛
Zhenghe 頭毛
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 頭毛
Jianyang 頭毛
Wuyishan 頭毛
Pucheng (Shibei) 頭毛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 頭髮
Fuqing 頭髮, 頭毛
Gutian 頭髮
Ningde 頭髮
Shouning 頭髮
Zhouning 頭髮
Fuding 頭髮
Matsu 頭髮
Southern Min Xiamen 頭毛, 頭鬃
Xiamen (Tong'an) 頭毛
Quanzhou 頭毛, 頭鬃
Jinjiang 頭毛, 頭鬃
Shishi 頭毛
Anxi 頭毛, 頭鬃
Yongchun 頭毛
Dehua 頭毛
Zhangzhou 頭毛, 頭鬃
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 頭毛
Zhao'an 頭毛
Dongshan 頭毛
Taipei 頭毛
New Taipei (Sanxia) 頭毛
Kaohsiung 頭毛
Yilan 頭毛
Changhua (Lukang) 頭毛
Taichung 頭毛, 頭鬃
Taichung (Wuqi) 頭毛
Tainan 頭毛
Taitung 頭毛
Hsinchu 頭毛, 頭鬃
Kinmen 頭毛
Penghu (Magong) 頭毛
Penang (Hokkien) 頭毛
Singapore (Hokkien) 頭毛, 頭鬃
Manila (Hokkien) 頭毛
Longyan 頭毛
Zhangping (Yongfu) 頭毛
Datian 頭毛
Pingnan (Shangdu) 頭毛
Chaozhou 頭毛
Shantou 頭毛
Shantou (Chenghai) 頭毛
Shantou (Chaoyang) 頭毛
Jieyang 頭毛
Lufeng 頭毛
Haifeng 頭毛
Bangkok (Teochew) 頭毛
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 頭毛
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 頭毛
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頭毛
Singapore (Teochew) 頭毛
Leizhou 頭毛
Wenchang 頭毛
Haikou 頭毛
Puxian Min Putian 頭髮, 頭毛
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 頭髮
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 頭髮, 頭毛
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 頭髮, 頭毛
Xianyou 頭髮
Xianyou (Fengting) 頭髮
Xianyou (Youyang) 頭髮
Fuding (Aoyao) 頭毛
Central Min Yong'an 頭髮
Sanming (Sanyuan) 頭髮
Sanming (Shaxian) 頭髮
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 頭髮
Guangze 頭髮
Jiangle 頭毛
Mingxi 頭毛
Shunchang 頭毛
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 頭毛
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 頭毛
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 頭髮
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 頭毛
Shehua Fu'an 頭毛
Fuding 頭毛
Luoyuan 頭毛
Sanming 頭毛
Shunchang 頭毛
Hua'an 頭毛
Guixi (Zhangping) 頭毛
Cangnan 頭毛
Jingning (Hexi) 頭毛
Lishui 頭毛
Longyou 頭毛
Chaozhou 頭毛
Fengshun 頭毛
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 腦毛
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 腦毛
Wu Shanghai 頭髮
Shanghai (Chongming) 頭毛
Suzhou 頭髮
Wuxi 頭髮
Danyang 頭髮, 頭髮絲, 頭毛 dated
Hangzhou 頭髮, 頭髮絲兒
Ningbo 頭髮, 頭毛 dated
Wenzhou 頭髮
Jinhua 頭髮
Xiang Changsha 頭髮
Loudi 頭絲
Shuangfeng 頭髮
Quanzhou 頭髮
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 腦毛
  • (jiao):
Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 角
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 毛
Taiwan 毛
Harbin 毛
Singapore 毛
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 毛
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 毛
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 毛
Xi'an 毛, 角
Xining 毛, 角
Xuzhou 毛, 角
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 毛
Ürümqi 毛
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 角, 毛
Wuhan 角
Guiyang 角, 毛
Guilin 毛
Liuzhou 毛
Nanning (Wuming) 角
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 毛
Yangzhou 角, 毛
Nantong 角
Hefei 毛, 角
Cantonese Guangzhou 毫子, 毫, 角
Hong Kong 毫子, 毫
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 毫子
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 毫
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 毫子
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 毫子
Macau 毫子
Guangzhou (Panyu) 毫子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 毫子
Guangzhou (Conghua) 毫子
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 毫子
Foshan 毫子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 毫
Foshan (Shunde) 毫子
Foshan (Sanshui) 毫子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 毫子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 毫子
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 毫子
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 毫
Zhuhai (Doumen) 毫
Jiangmen (Baisha) 毫
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 毫
Taishan 毫, 毫子
Kaiping (Chikan) 毫
Enping (Niujiang) 毫
Heshan (Yayao) 毫子
Dongguan 毫子
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 毫子
Shaoguan 毫子, 毫
Yunfu 毫
Yangjiang 毫子, 毫
Yangjiang (Yangdong) 角
Yangdong (Yashao) 角
Yangchun 毫
Yangxi 角, 毫
Xinyi 毫子
Lianjiang 毫子
Nanning 毫子
Wuzhou 毫子
Yulin 角
Hepu (Lianzhou) 角子
Beihai 角
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 毫, 角
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 毫
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 角
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 角
Singapore (Guangfu) 毫, 毫子
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 十錢
Móng Cái 毫
Gan Nanchang 角
Lichuan 角
Pingxiang 角
Hakka Meixian 毫, 毫子, 角
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 毫子
Dongguan (Qingxi) 毫子
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 毫子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 毫子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 毫子
Yudu 角
Shicheng 角
Shangyou (Shexi) 角
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 角
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 角
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 角
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 角
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 角
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 毫
Hong Kong 毫
Luchuan (Daqiao) 角
Senai (Huiyang) 角
Huizhou Jixi 角
Jin Taiyuan 毛
Xinzhou 毛
Northern Min Jian'ou 角
Eastern Min Fuzhou 角
Fuqing 角囝
Southern Min Xiamen 角
Quanzhou 角
Zhangzhou 角
Tainan 角
Penang (Hokkien) 鈸
Singapore (Hokkien) 角
Pingnan (Shangdu) 毛
Chaozhou 角, 毫
Shantou 角, 毫
Bangkok (Teochew) 角
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 角
Singapore (Teochew) 角
Wenchang 角
Haikou 角
Singapore (Hainanese) 角
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 毫子
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 毫紙
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 毫子, 角
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 毛
Wu Shanghai 角
Shanghai (Chongming) 角
Suzhou 角
Danyang 角
Wenzhou 角
Jinhua 角
Xiang Changsha 角, 毛
Loudi 毛
Shuangfeng 角
Quanzhou 角, 毛

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → 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

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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毛

  1. (Southern Min) mountain weed

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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毛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. hair, fur

Readings

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  • Go-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)←まう (mau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)←ばう (bau, historical)
  • Kun: け (ke, 毛, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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毛(け) • (ke) 

  1. [from c. 759] hair, fur

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
毛
もう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 毛 (maw).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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毛(もう) • (mō) 

  1. one thousandth
    1. one thousandth of a 寸 (sun) (approximately 0.0303 mm)
    2. one thousandth of a 匁 (monme) (exactly 3.75 mg)
    3. one thousandth of a 割 (wari) (0.01 percent)

References

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  1. ^ “毛”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 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

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

毛 (eumhun 터럭 모 (teoreok mo))

  1. Hanja form? of 모 (“hair”).

Okinawan

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Kanji

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毛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ryukyuan *ke, from Proto-Japonic *kay. Cognate with Japanese 毛 (ke).

Noun

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毛(きー) (kī) 

  1. hair, fur

Derived terms

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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毛: Hán Nôm readings: mao, mau, mào

  1. chữ Hán form of mao.
  2. chữ Nôm form of mau (“quick, fast”).
  3. chữ Nôm form of máu (“blood”).

Compounds

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