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Translingual
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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 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 毛 | |||
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| 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 |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (毛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 [script needed] (mun, “pubic hair”), Garo খিমিল (khimil, “hair; fur”), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-məw¹ (“body hair”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
毛
- hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c)
- 雞毛／鸡毛 [Cantonese] ― gai1 mou4 [Jyutping] ― chicken feather
- (dialectal) hair on the head
- mildew; mold
- (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
- coarse; raw; semifinished
- 毛茶 ― máochá ― raw tea
- gross
- 毛利 ― máolì ― gross profit
- 毛重 ― máozhòng ― gross weight
- rough; sketchy
- 毛估 ― máogū ― to make a rough estimate
- small; little
- 毛毛雨 ― máomáoyǔ ― drizzle
- 毛孩子 ― máoháizi ― mere child
- careless; unthinking
- 毛手毛腳／毛手毛脚 ― máoshǒumáojiǎo ― to be careless
- panicked; scared; nervous
- 把我嚇毛了／把我吓毛了 ― bǎ wǒ xià máo le ― to have scared me
- angry; furious
- (of currency) depreciated
- (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
- (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all (Classifier: 條／条)
- Synonyms: 春, 鐵
- 你識條毛咩？／你识条毛咩？ [Cantonese] ― nei5 sik1 tiu4 mou4 me1? [Jyutping] ― Do you know anything at all?
- (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
- 白毛 ― bái máo ― [the character] with white-coloured hair
- 假毛 ― jiǎmáo ― wig
- 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 | |
| Hengxian | 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 | |
| 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
Derived terms from 毛
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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), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
毛
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- 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.[1] 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”)[1][2] and 鬘 (katsura, “wig”, from "hair vine", possibly in reference to how they are made).[1][3] 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”).
Compare also:
- Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape, comb”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas (“hair”), Sanskrit केश (keśa, “hair”)
- Proto-Tai *q.pɯlᴬ (“body hair; feather”), Thai ขน (kǒn, “body hair, fur, feather”)
- Proto-Turkic *kïl (“hair”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) け [kè] (Heiban – [0])[4][5]
- IPA(key): [ke̞]
Noun
毛 • (ke)
- [from 720] hair, fur
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 毛 |
| もう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 毛 (maw).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) もー [móꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5]
- IPA(key): [mo̞ː]
Noun
毛 • (mō)
- one thousandth
- one thousandth of a 寸 (sun) (approximately 0.0303 mm)
- one thousandth of a 匁 (monme) (exactly 3.75 mg)
- one thousandth of a 割 (wari) (0.01 percent)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- “白髪”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- “鬘”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
毛 (eumhun 터럭 모 (teoreok mo))
- 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 (hiragana きー, romaji kī)
- hair, fur
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 眉毛 (まゆぎ, mayugi, “eyebrow”)
Vietnamese
Han character
毛: Hán Nôm readings: mao, mau, mào
- chữ Hán form of mao.
- Nôm form of mau (“quick, fast”).
- Nôm form of máu (“blood”).