茅
reeds; rushes
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,543 U+8305
How 茅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 矛 (phonetic, máo)
How to remember it
thatch · Heisig RSH #2262
flower + 矛 spear
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 矛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 矛 (máo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矛 sound component | máo | spear, lance |
| 袤 | mào | longitude; lengthwise; length |
| 蟊 | máo | Spanish fly; grain-eating grub |
| 楙 | mào | Cydonia japonica; lush |
Words containing 茅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 达特茅斯学院 | Dá tè máo sī Xué yuàn | Dartmouth College |
| 茅利塔尼亚 | Máo lì tǎ ní yà | Mauritania (Tw) |
| 达特茅斯 | Dá tè máo sī | Dartmouth (place name) |
| 普利茅斯 | Pǔ lì máo sī | Plymouth |
| 名列前茅 | míng liè qián máo | to rank among the best |
| 茅台酒 | máo tái jiǔ | maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou); CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2] |
| 思茅区 | Sī máo Qū | Simao, a district of Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 思茅市 | Sī máo shì | Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007 |
| 伯恩茅斯 | Bó ēn máo sī | Bournemouth, town in southern England |
| 拉不出屎来怨茅房 | lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng | lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idi… |
| 茅坑里点灯 | máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng | (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 … |
| 茅塞顿开 | máo sè dùn kāi | murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear |
| 顿开茅塞 | dùn kāi máo sè | see 茅塞頓開|茅塞顿开[mao2 se4 dun4 kai1] |
| 茅山 | Máo Shān | Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province |
| 白茅 | bái máo | cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia |
| 茅台 | Máo tái | Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou |
| 茅台 | máo tái | maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒[mao2 tai2 jiu3] |
| 前茅 | qián máo | forward patrol (military) (old); (fig.) the top ranks |
| 包茅 | bāo máo | bundled thatch |
| 茅草 | máo cǎo | see 白茅[bai2 mao2] |