毛
hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #267 U+6BDB
How 毛 is formed
How to remember it
fur · Heisig RSH #1421
手 hand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 毛 as their sound component
These characters all use 毛 (máo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毛 sound component | máo | hair, fur, feathers; coarse |
| 耗 | hào | to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste |
| 耄 | mào | selderly person; old, senile |
| 髦 | máo | fashionable, in vogue; mane, flowing hair |
| 酕 | máo | drunk, blotto |
Words containing 毛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不毛之地 | bù máo zhī dì | (idiom) barren land; desert |
| 毛子国 | Máo zi guó | (derog.) Russia |
| 小毛头 | xiǎo máo tou | (coll.) new-born baby; young boy |
| 马海毛 | mǎ hǎi máo | (loanword) mohair |
| 毛利人 | Máo lì rén | Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand |
| 老毛子 | lǎo máo zi | Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.) |
| 火山毛 | huǒ shān máo | (geology) Pele's hair |
| 毛地黄 | máo dì huáng | common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) |
| 不毛 | bù máo | barren |
| 毛子 | máo zi | hairy fellow; foreigner; Russian (derog.); bandit (old); tuft of fine hair |
| 二毛子 | èr máo zi | lit. secondary foreigner; (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated wi… |
| 无毛 | wú máo | hairless |
| 毛主义 | Máo zhǔ yì | Maoism |
| 一地鸡毛 | yī dì jī máo | complete mess; in a shambles |
| 出毛病 | chū máo bìng | a problem appears; to break down |
| 环江毛南族自治县 | Huán jiāng Máo nán zú Zì zhì xiàn | Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 毛拉 | máo lā | Mullah (religious leader in Islam) |
| 白毛 | bái máo | white hair (of animals); see also 白髮|白发[bai2 fa4] |
| 金毛 | jīn máo | blond fur; golden hair; (coll.) golden retriever |
| 体毛 | tǐ máo | body hair |