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毛 (Kangxi radical 82,毛+0, 4 strokes,cangjie input竹手山 (HQU),four-corner20714,composition⿱丿⿻二乚)
- Appendix:Chinese radical/毛
- 㕰,㘪,㚪,㧌,枆,牦,瓱,㿞,眊,秏,竓,粍,䋃,耗,蚝,䚽(𬣜),軞(𬨁),酕,兞,䫽,䭷,魹,䶰
- 覒,宒,芼,笔,耄,雮,靟,髦,旄,尾,麾,閐(𨸃)
Additional Derived Characters
- 𠇔,𡥊,𫷀,𢗳,𣲭,𤝄,𨑺,𪰌,𣥡,𭴎,𭸶,𦙤,𮁠,𥐽,𫄜,𬚱,𧠑,𮗥,𨈥,𨱞,𩉪,𬲎,𩠔,𩫁,𩲊,𩿘,𪉚,𪎷
- 𩿂,𰀴,𤆬,𥄥,𨖧,𦒷,𬔆,𤦖,𥇾,𨪅,𧘝
- Kangxi Dictionary: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
| 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.
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*s/r-m(u/i/ja)l(“hair; fur; feather”); related to眉 (OC*mril, “eyebrow”) and cognate withManipuriꯃꯨꯅ(mun,“pubic hair”),Garoখিমিল(khimil,“hair; fur”),Proto-Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-məw¹(“body hair”) (STEDT;Schuessler, 2007).
(Cantonese)(mold): folk etymology suggests fromEnglishmold.
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin):máo (mao2)
- (Zhuyin):ㄇㄠˊ
- (Chengdu,Sichuanese Pinyin):mao2
- (Xi'an,Guanzhong Pinyin):máo / mú
- (Dungan,Cyrillic andWiktionary):мо (mo, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong,Jyutping):mou4 /mou4-1
- (Dongguan,Jyutping++):mou4
- (Taishan,Wiktionary):mau3
- Gan(Wiktionary):mau4 / mau1
- Hakka
- (Sixian,PFS):mô
- (Hailu,HRS):moˋ
- (Meixian,Guangdong):mau1
- Jin(Wiktionary):mau2 / mau1
- Northern Min(KCR):mâu
- Eastern Min(BUC):mò̤
- Puxian Min(Pouseng Ping'ing):mor2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien,POJ):mn̂g /mô͘ /mâu /mo͘
- (Teochew,Peng'im):mo5 / mao5
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin):mo5 / mao5
- Southern Pinghua(Nanning,Jyutping++):maau4
- Wu(Wugniu)
- Xiang(Changsha,Wiktionary):mau2
- Gan
- Hakka
- Jin
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Jinjiang,Philippines,Zhangpu,Taipei,Kaohsiung,Tainan,Taichung,Hsinchu,Lukang,Sanxia,Kinmen,Magong)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,GeneralTaiwanese,Jinjiang,Philippines)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien:Tainan,Yilan)
Note:
- mô͘ - literary, surname, impure, unrefined, crops, hair (literary);
- mn̂g/mo͘/mô͘ (Zhangzhou) - vernacular, hair (vernacular), minute;
- mâu - vernacular.
Note:
- mo5 - vernacular;
- mao5 - literary.
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin:mo5 / mao5
- SinologicalIPA:/mɔ²²/, /mau²²/
Note:
- mo5 - vernacular;
- mao5 - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- Wu
- (Northern:Shanghai)
- (Northern:Jiading,Songjiang,Chongming,Suzhou,Kunshan,Changzhou,Jiaxing,Hangzhou,Shaoxing,Ningbo,Zhoushan)
- (Jinhua)
- Xiang
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
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| Character | 毛 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) | máo |
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Middle
Chinese | ‹ maw › |
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Old
Chinese | /*C.mˁaw/ |
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| English | hair |
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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) |
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| Character | 毛 | 毛 |
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| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
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| No. | 8780 | 8791 |
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Phonetic
component | 毛 | 毛 |
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Rime
group | 宵 | 宵 |
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Rime
subdivision | 1 | 1 |
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Corresponding
MC rime | 毛 | 冃 |
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Old
Chinese | /*maːw/ | /*maːws/ |
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毛
- hair (of humans or animals);fur;feather(Classifier:根m; 條／条c; 支mn)
- 雞毛／鸡毛[Cantonese] ― gai1mou4[Jyutping] ― chickenfeather
- (dialectal)hair on the head
- mildew;mold
- 發毛／发毛[Cantonese] ― faat3mou4-1[Jyutping] ― to become moldy
- (colloquial)jiao; onetenth of ayuan ordollar; tencents;dime
- 一毛錢／一毛钱 ― yīmáo qián ― ajiao / ten cents
- 三塊兩毛／三块两毛 ― sān kuài liǎngmáo ― three yuan and twojiao / three dollars and twenty cents
- 五毛黨／五毛党 ― wǔmáodǎng ― wumao
- coarse;raw;semifinished
- 毛茶 ― máochá ― raw tea
- (of an amount)gross
- Antonym:淨 /净(jìng)
- 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 ― máomaoyǔ ― 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 xiàmáo le ― to have scared me
- angry;furious
- (of currency)depreciated
- (Mainland China, colloquial or slang)no;nothing;damn all;my ass
- 有毛用 ― yǒumáo yòng ― benot effective or useful, to be ofdamn-all use
- 管毛用 ― guǎnmáo yòng ― benot effective or useful, to be ofdamn-all use
- (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier)nothing;damn all;jack shit;bugger all(Classifier:條／条c)
- Synonyms:春,鐵 /铁
你識條毛咩？[Cantonese,trad.]
你识条毛咩？[Cantonese,simp.]- nei5 sik1 tiu4mou4 me1?[Jyutping]
- Do you know anything at all?
- (ACG)hair (in unnatural colours)
- 白毛 ― báimáo ― [the character] with white-coloured hair
- 假毛 ― jiǎmáo ― wig
- (Hokkien)tiny;minute
- (Hokkien)impure;contaminated;false;mixed
- (Mainland China Hokkien)crops;vegetation;greenery;plants
- (Mainland China Hokkien)unrefined;crude
- asurname
- 毛澤東／毛泽东 ― Máo Zédōng ― Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), founder of thePeople's Republic of China
In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use頭髮／头发 (tóufa) instead.
Dialectal synonyms of
毛 (“hair; fur; feather”)
[map]Dialectal synonyms of
頭髮 (“hair (on the head)”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 髮,頭毛,鬊 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 頭髮 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 頭髮 |
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| Taiwan | 頭髮 |
| Langfang | 頭髮 |
| Ulanhot | 頭髮 |
| Tongliao | 頭髮 |
| Chifeng | 頭髮 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 頭髮 |
| Harbin | 頭髮 |
| Shenyang | 頭髮 |
| Malaysia | 頭髮 |
| Singapore | 頭髮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Cangzhou | 頭髮 |
| Baoding | 頭髮 |
| Shijiazhuang | 毛 |
| Jinan | 頭髮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai(Muping) | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Daming | 頭髮 |
| Wanrong | 頭髮 |
| Zhengzhou | 頭髮 |
| Xi'an | 頭髮 |
| Xining | 頭髮 |
| Xuzhou | 頭髮,毛兒 humorous |
| Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) | 頭髮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Bayanhot | 頭髮 |
| Lanzhou | 頭髮 |
| Ürümqi | 頭髮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Wuhan | 頭髮 |
| Guiyang | 頭髮 |
| Kunming | 頭髮 |
| Guilin | 頭髮 |
| Liuzhou | 頭髮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Yangzhou | 頭髮 |
| Hefei | 頭髮 |
| Chuzhou | 頭毛 |
| 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, Xiangzhou) | 頭毛 |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; 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 |
| Hepu(Shatian) | 頭毛 |
| Guiping | 頭髮 |
| Guiping(Jintian) | 頭髮 |
| Guiping(Jiangkou) | 頭髮 |
| Guiping(Madong) | 頭髮 |
| Guiping(Mule) | 頭髮 |
| Pingnan | 頭髮 |
| Pingnan(Danzhu) | 頭髮 |
| Mengshan(Xihe) | 頭髮 |
| Guigang(Gangcheng) | 頭髮 |
| Guigang(Nanjiang) | 頭髮 |
| Guigang(Pingdong) | 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(Nankang) | 頭毛 |
| Beihai(Yingpan) | 頭毛 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 頭髮,頭毛 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 頭髮 |
| Ningming | 頭髮 |
| Hengzhou | 頭毛 |
| Hezhou(Pumen, Babu) | 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 |
| Jianning | 頭髮 |
| Taining | 頭毛 |
| 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 |
| Guangzhou(Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 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 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 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 |
|---|
| Huangshan(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 |
| Northern Min | 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 |
| Eastern Min | 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 |
| Southern Min | 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 |
| Ho Chi Minh City(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,頭毛 |
|---|
| Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) | 頭髮 |
| Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 頭髮,頭毛 |
| Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) | 頭髮,頭毛 |
| Xianyou | 頭髮 |
| Xianyou(Fengting) | 頭髮 |
| Xianyou(Youyang) | 頭髮 |
| Fuding(Aoyao) | 頭毛 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Sanming(Sanyuan) | 頭髮 |
| Sanming(Shaxian) | 頭髮 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Guangze | 頭髮 |
| Jiangle | 頭毛 |
| Mingxi | 頭毛 |
| Shunchang | 頭毛 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 頭毛 |
|---|
| Zhongshan(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(Hexi) | 頭毛 |
| Lishui | 頭毛 |
| Longyou | 頭毛 |
| Chaozhou | 頭毛 |
| Fengshun | 頭毛 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang(Gaofeng) | 腦毛 |
|---|
| Yuanling(Shaojiwan) | 腦毛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Shanghai(Songjiang) | 頭髮,囚毛 derogatory |
| 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 |
| Shaoxing | 頭髮 |
| Ningbo | 頭髮,頭毛 dated |
| Wenzhou | 頭髮 |
| Jinhua | 頭髮 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 頭髮 |
|---|
| Loudi | 頭絲 |
| Shuangfeng | 頭髮 |
| Hengyang | 頭髮 |
| Quanzhou | 頭髮 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 腦毛 |
|---|
Dialectal synonyms of
角 (“ten cents; dime”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 角 |
|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 毛 |
|---|
| Taiwan | 毛 |
| Harbin | 毛 |
| Singapore | 毛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 毛 |
|---|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai(Muping) | 毛 |
|---|
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 毛 |
|---|
| Xi'an | 毛,角 |
| Xining | 毛,角 |
| Xuzhou | 毛,角 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 毛 |
|---|
| Ürümqi | 毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 角,毛 |
|---|
| Wuhan | 角 |
| Guiyang | 角,毛 |
| Guilin | 毛 |
| Liuzhou | 毛 |
| Nanning(Wuming) | 角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 毛 |
|---|
| Yangzhou | 角,毛 |
| Nantong | 角 |
| Hefei | 毛,角 |
| 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, Xiangzhou) | 毫子 |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; 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 |
| Yangjiang(Yangdong) | 角 |
| Yangdong(Yashao) | 角 |
| Yangchun | 毫 |
| Yangxi | 角,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,毫子 |
| 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 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 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 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 角 |
|---|
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 角 |
|---|
| Fuqing | 角囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 角 |
|---|
| Quanzhou | 角 |
| Zhangzhou | 角 |
| Tainan | 角 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 鈸 |
| 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 |
| Singapore(Hainanese) | 角 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 毫子 |
|---|
| Zhongshan(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)
毛
- (Southern Min)mountainweed
毛
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- hair,fur
FromOld Japanese. Attested in theMan'yōshū ofcirca 759CE.[1] Ultimately fromProto-Japonic*kay. Cognate withProto-Ryukyuan*ke(“hair, fur”).
毛• (ke)
- [from c. 759]hair,fur
FromMiddle Chinese毛(maw).
毛• (mō)
- onethousandth
- 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)
- ^“毛”, in日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition,Tokyo:Shogakukan,2006
- ↑2.02.1Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006),大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo:Sanseidō,→ISBN
- ↑3.03.1NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998),NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese),Tokyo:NHK Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
毛 (eumhun터럭모(teoreok mo))
- Hanja form? of모 (“hair”).
毛
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
FromProto-Ryukyuan*ke, fromProto-Japonic*kay. Cognate withJapanese毛(ke).
毛 (kī)
- hair,fur
毛:Hán Nôm readings:mao,mau,mào
- chữ Hán form ofmao
- chữ Nôm form ofmau(“quick,fast”)
- chữ Nôm form ofmáu(“blood”)
