毫

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See also: 亳
毫 U+6BEB, 毫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BEB
← 毪
[U+6BEA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 毬 →
[U+6BEC]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

毫 (radical 82, 毛+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input X卜口月山 (XYRBU) or 卜口月山 (YRBU), four-corner 00714, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖毛)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 593, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16831
  • Dae Jaweon: page 985, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1999, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6BEB

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 毫

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
高 *kaːw
膏 *kaːw, *kaːws
篙 *kaːw
稿 *kaːwʔ
稾 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞 *kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠 *kaːwʔ
槀 *kaːwʔ
藁 *kaːwʔ
燺 *kʰaːwʔ
薧 *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒 *kʰaːws
蒿 *qʰaːw
藃 *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪 *ɡaːw
毫 *ɡaːw
壕 *ɡaːw
濠 *ɡaːw
鎬 *ɡaːwʔ
滈 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗 *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃 *ɡaːwʔ
搞 *kruːʔ
敲 *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇 *qʰraːw
嗃 *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐 *kʰl'awʔ
歊 *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻 *kʰraːwɢ
塙 *kʰraːwɢ
毃 *kʰraːwɢ
翯 *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥 *qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 毫
Mandarin Beijing /xɑu³⁵/
Harbin /xau²⁴/
Tianjin /xɑu⁴⁵/
Jinan /xɔ⁴²/
Qingdao /xɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xau⁴²/
Xi'an /xau²⁴/
Xining /xɔ²⁴/
Yinchuan /xɔ⁵³/
Lanzhou /xɔ⁵³/
Ürümqi /xɔ⁵¹/
Wuhan /xau²¹³/
Chengdu /xau³¹/
Guiyang /xao²¹/
Kunming /xɔ³¹/
Nanjing /xɔo²⁴/
Hefei /xɔ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xau¹¹/
Pingyao /xɔ¹³/
Hohhot /xɔ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦɔ²³/
Suzhou /ɦæ¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦɔ²¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦɜ³¹/
Hui Shexian /xɔ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /xə⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /xau¹³/
Xiangtan /ɦaɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /hɑu²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /hau¹¹/
Taoyuan /ho¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hou²¹/
Nanning /hu²¹/
Hong Kong /hou²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ho³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ho⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /au²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hau⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hau³¹/
Rime
Character 毫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑu/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		háo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 毫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		háo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ haw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ]ˁaw/
English fine animal 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 毫
Reading # 1/1
No. 3748
Phonetic
component 		高
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		豪
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːw/

Definitions[edit]

毫

  1. fine hair
  2. a measure of length, equal to 100 micrometres
  3. milli- (SI unit prefix)
  4. a unit of weight equal to one tenth of a 釐 (lí, “cash”)
  5. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) one tenth of a yuan or dollar; 10 cents; dime
    六毫幾 / 六毫几 [Cantonese]  ―  luk6 hou4 gei2 [Jyutping]  ―  60-something cents

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 角
Mandarin Beijing 毛
Taiwan 毛
Harbin 毛
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
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
Panyu 毫子
Huadu (Huashan) 毫子
Conghua 毫子
Zengcheng 毫子
Foshan 毫子
Nanhai (Shatou) 毫
Shunde 毫子
Sanshui 毫子
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 毫子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 毫子
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 毫子
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 毫
Doumen 毫
Jiangmen (Baisha) 毫
Xinhui 毫
Taishan 毫, 毫子
Kaiping (Chikan) 毫
Enping (Niujiang) 毫
Heshan (Yayao) 毫子
Dongguan 毫子
Bao'an (Shajing) 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 角
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 角
Liudui (S. Sixian) 角
Hsinchu (Hailu) 角
Dongshi (Dabu) 角
Hsinchu (Raoping) 角
Yunlin (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
Chongming 角
Suzhou 角
Danyang 角
Wenzhou 角
Jinhua 角
Xiang Changsha 角, 毛
Shuangfeng 角
Loudi 毛
Quanzhou 角, 毛

Descendants[edit]

  • → Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠤ (qou)

See also[edit]

SI prefix
Last Next
釐 毫 微

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 毫

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

毫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

毫 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

毫: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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