毛

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

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

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, 𤆬, 𥄥, 𨖧, 宒, 芼, 𦒷, 𬔆, 笔, 耄, 雮, 靟, 𤦖, 𥇾, 髦, 𨪅, 旄, 尾, 麾, 閐(𨸃), 𧘝

Descendants

• も
• モ

References

• KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		毛

Glyph origin

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

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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): mao²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мо (mo, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴, mou^4-1

• Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴ / mau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mô

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): mau² / mau¹
• Min Bei (KCR): mâu
• Min Dong (BUC): mò̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g / mo͘ / mâu / mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵ / mao⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³mau
• Xiang (Wiktionary): mau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • 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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мо (mo, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴, mou^4-1
    • Yale: mòuh, mōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴, mou^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴, mou^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹/, /mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Note:

• mou4-1 - “hair; mold”.

Gan

• (Nanchang)
  • Wiktionary: mau⁴ / mau¹
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵/, /mau⁴²/

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
  • Hakka Romanization System: mo´
  • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
  • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: mau¹
  • Sinological IPA: /mau⁴⁴/

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: mau² / mau¹
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau⁵³/, /mau¹¹/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³³/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g
  • Tâi-lô: mn̂g
  • Phofsit Daibuun: mngg
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Tainan, Lukang, Kinmen): /mŋ̍²⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangpu): /mŋ̍²¹³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘
  • Tâi-lô: moo
  • Phofsit Daibuun: mof
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃³³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /mɔ̃⁴⁴/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
  • Tâi-lô: mâu
  • Phofsit Daibuun: maau
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mãu²⁴/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
  • Tâi-lô: môo
  • Phofsit Daibuun: moo
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/

Note:

• mn̂g, mo͘, mâu - vernacular;
• mô͘ - literary (including surname).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mo⁵ / mao⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô / mâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵/, /mau⁵⁵/

Note:

• mo5 - vernacular;
• mao5 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ³mau
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: mau²
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒu¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɑu/, /mɑuH/

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo	mào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːw/, /*maːws/

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

毛

1. hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c)

   雞毛／鸡毛 [Cantonese]  ―  gai¹ mou⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  chicken feather

2. (dialectal) hair on the head
3. mildew; mold
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  ―  máomáoyǔ  ―  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)

    Synonyms: 春, 鐵／铁

    你識條毛咩？／你识条毛咩？ [Cantonese]  ―  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. 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)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		髮, 頭毛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭髮
Mandarin	Beijing	頭髮
	Taiwan	頭髮
	Langfang	頭髮
	Tangshan	頭髮
	Cangzhou	頭髮
	Baoding	頭髮
	Shijiazhuang	毛
	Daming	頭髮
	Ulanhot	頭髮
	Tongliao	頭髮
	Chifeng	頭髮
	Bayanhot	頭髮
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頭髮
	Harbin	頭髮
	Shenyang	頭髮
	Yantai (Muping)	頭髮
	Jinan	頭髮
	Luoyang	頭髮
	Wanrong	頭髮
	Zhengzhou	頭髮
	Xi'an	頭髮
	Yinchuan	頭髮
	Lanzhou	頭髮
	Xining	頭髮
	Ürümqi	頭髮
	Wuhan	頭髮
	Chengdu	頭髮
	Guiyang	頭髮
	Kunming	頭髮
	Guilin	頭髮
	Liuzhou	頭髮
	Xuzhou	頭髮, 毛兒 humorous
	Yangzhou	頭髮
	Nanjing	頭髮
	Hefei	頭髮
	Chuzhou	頭毛
	Malaysia	頭髮
	Singapore	頭髮
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	頭髮
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)	頭毛
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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)	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
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
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
	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
Min Bei	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
Min Dong	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
Min Nan	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
	Fuding (Aoyao)	頭毛
Min Zhong	Yong'an	頭髮
	Sanyuan	頭髮
	Shaxian	頭髮
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	頭毛
	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	頭毛
	Lishui	頭毛
	Longyou	頭毛
	Chaozhou	頭毛
	Fengshun	頭毛
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	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
	Jiangyong	腦毛
	Quanzhou	頭髮

• (jiao):

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角
Mandarin	Beijing	毛
	Taiwan	毛
	Harbin	毛
	Yantai (Muping)	毛
	Jinan	毛
	Luoyang	毛
	Xi'an	毛, 角
	Yinchuan	毛
	Xining	毛, 角
	Ürümqi	毛
	Wuhan	角
	Chengdu	角, 毛
	Guiyang	角, 毛
	Guilin	毛
	Liuzhou	毛
	Nanning (Wuming)	角
	Xuzhou	毛, 角
	Yangzhou	角, 毛
	Nanjing	毛
	Hefei	毛, 角
	Nantong	角
	Singapore	毛
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)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	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, 角
	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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	角
Min Dong	Fuzhou	角
	Fuqing	角囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	角
	Quanzhou	角
	Zhangzhou	角
	Tainan	角
	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
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	毫子
	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

• (to depreciate): 貶值／贬值 (biǎnzhí)

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
• 刺毛
• 剛毛／刚毛 (gāngmáo)
• 千里鵝毛／千里鹅毛
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 毛布 (máobù)
• 毛市 (Máoshì)
• 毛序
• 毛廁／毛厕
• 毛心
• 毛所得
• 毛手毛腳／毛手毛脚
• 毛料 (máoliào)
• 毛施淑姿
• 毛板
• 毛桃
• 毛栗子
• 毛樣／毛样
• 毛毛 (máomáo)
• 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
• 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)
• 毛筆／毛笔 (máobǐ)
• 毛筍／毛笋
• 毛筆字／毛笔字
• 毛糙 (máocāo)
• 毛紡／毛纺 (máofǎng)
• 毛紙／毛纸
• 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
• 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
• 毛茸
• 毛茶 (máochá)
• 毛茸茸
• 毛蒂青皮
• 毛薑／毛姜
• 毛藍／毛蓝
• 毛蛋 (máodàn)
• 毛蚶 (máohān)
• 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／毛里塔尼亚 (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)
• 燎毛
• 燕毛
• 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
• 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
• 長毛象／长毛象 (chángmáoxiàng)
• 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
• 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
• 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

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: مَاو‎ (māw)
• → English: Mao
• → French: Mao
• → German: Mao
• → Italian: Mao
• → Persian: مائو‎ (mâ'u)
• → Russian: Ма́о (Máo)
• → Turkish: Mao
• → Uyghur: ماۋ‎ (maw)

References

• “毛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

毛

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. hair, fur

Readings

• 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

Kanji in this term
毛
け Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kay.

Appears in compounds from the Man'yōshū completed sometime around 759 CE with the reading ⟨ka⟩, seen in 白髪 (shiraga, “white hair”) and 鬘 (katsura, “wig”, from "hair vine", possibly in reference to how they are made). This analysis suggests an ancient bound form *⟨ka⟩, changing to ⟨ke₂⟩, perhaps by fusion of emphatic nominal particle い (i), seen in nouns such as 神 (kami, “god”, from kamu + i) and 目 (me, “eye”, from ma + i):

*/ka.i/ → */kai/ → ⟨ke₂⟩ → */kəɨ/ → /ke/

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ke (“hair, fur”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) け [kè] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞]

Noun

毛(け) • (ke) 

1. [from 720] hair, fur

Etymology 2

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

From Middle Chinese 毛 (maw).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) も​ー [móꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ː]

Noun

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)

Korean

Hanja

毛 (eumhun 터럭 모 (teoreok mo))

1. Hanja form^? of 모 (“hair”).

Okinawan

Kanji

毛

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: きー (kī, 毛)

Etymology

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

Noun

毛(きー) (kī) 

1. hair, fur

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 眉毛(まゆぎ) (mayugi, “eyebrow”)

Vietnamese

Han character

毛: Hán Nôm readings: mao, mau, mào

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