羽毛

Chinese

		feather	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (羽毛)		羽	毛
simp. #(羽毛)		羽	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ mou⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yí-mô

  (Hailu, HRS): rhi^ˊ mo^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄-mò̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): y³ mor²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ú-mô͘ / ú-mn̂g / í-mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u² mo⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yu-mau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): y³ mau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔmáo
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-mao²
    • Yale: yǔ-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeumau
    • Palladius: юймао (jujmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ mou⁴
    • Yale: yúh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí-mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: i^ˋ mo^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi³ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i³¹ mo²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí-mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˋ mo^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi³ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i³¹ mo²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhi^ˊ mo^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒi²⁴⁻³³ mo⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄-mò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³³⁻²¹ mo⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: y³ mor² [Phonetic: y² mor²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ṳ̂-mó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴⁵³⁻¹³ mɒ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: y³ mor² [Phonetic: y¹ mor²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³³²⁻⁵⁵ mɒ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ú-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wmoo
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: ú-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wmngg
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: í-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ymoo
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u² mo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ú mô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵²⁻³⁵ mo⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yu-mau
    • MiniDict: yu^去 mau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhy-mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²² mɔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: y³ mau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuX maw

Rime
Character	羽	毛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	王矩切	莫袍切
Baxter	hjuX	maw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨoX/	/mɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦioX/	/mɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣioX/	/mɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆X/	/maw/
Li Rong	/ɣioX/	/mɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuX/	/mɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uX/	/mɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5	mou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ  C.mˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaʔ  maːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	羽	毛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǔ	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuX ›	‹ maw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/	/*C.mˁaw/
English	feather, wing	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	羽	毛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	15946	8780
Phonetic component	羽	毛
Rime group	魚	宵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	羽	毛
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaʔ/	/*maːw/

Noun

羽毛

1. feather; plumage (Classifier: 根 m; 片 m; 條／条 c; 塊／块 c)
2. (literary, figurative) reputation; fame; prestige

Synonyms

• (reputation):

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• 信譽 / 信誉 (xìnyù) (trustworthiness and reputation)
• 名望 (míngwàng)
• 名氣 / 名气 (míngqì)
• 名聲 / 名声 (míngshēng)
• 名色 (míngsè) (literary or Xiamen Hokkien)
• 名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
• 名頭 / 名头 (mian⁵ tao⁵) (Teochew, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 威信 (wēixìn)
• 威望 (wēiwàng)
• 字號 / 字号 (dialectal)
• 榮譽 / 荣誉 (róngyù) (honorable reputation)
• 權威 / 权威 (quánwēi)
• 牌匾 (páibiǎn) (figurative)
• 盛名 (shèngmíng)
• 美名 (měimíng) (good name)
• 美譽 / 美誉 (měiyù) (good name)
• 聲名 / 声名 (shēngmíng)
• 聲望 / 声望 (shēngwàng)
• 聲譽 / 声誉 (shēngyù)
• 英名 (yīngmíng) (illustrious name)
• 高名 (gāomíng) (literary)

Derived terms

• 愛惜羽毛 / 爱惜羽毛 (àixīyǔmáo)
• 沒有長羽毛就忘了根本 / 没有长羽毛就忘了根本
• 羽毛未豐 / 羽毛未丰
• 羽毛球 (yǔmáoqiú)
• 羽毛衣
• 自惜羽毛

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羽毛):

• → Japanese: 羽(う)毛(もう) (umō)
• → Korean: 우모(羽毛) (umo)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mo̞ː]
• (Tokyo) うもー [ùmóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

羽(う)毛(もう) • (umō) 

1. (ornithology) feathers, plumage

   Synonyms: 羽 (hane), フェザー (fezā)

Further reading

• “羽毛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
羽	毛

Noun

羽毛 • (umo) (hangeul 우모)

1. hanja form^? of 우모 (“feathers, plumage”)