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毛
Máo
1. surname Mao
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

毛
máo
hair, fur, feathers; coarse
HSK 4 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

毛遂
MáoSuì
Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu [[楚]], see [[毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐<MáoSuìzìjiàn>]]
无毛
wúmáo
hairless
毛茶
máochá
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
毛猪
máozhū
live pig
毛驴
máolǘ
donkey
汗毛
hànmáo
hair
毛线
máoxiàn
knitting wool
毛茛
máogèn
buttercup
毛虫
máochóng
caterpillar
毛象
máoxiàng
mammoth
毛笔
máobǐ
writing brush
毛重
máozhòng
gross weight
毛发
máofà
hair
毫毛
háomáo
hair
毛痣
máozhì
hairy nevus
毛细
máoxì
capillary
毛腰
máoyāo
(dialect) to bend over
毛色
máosè
(of an animal) appearance or color of coat
毛病
máobìng
fault
HSK 5
毛派
máopài
Maoist

Alternate Entries

毛
máo
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<jiǎo>]] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen [[分<fēn>]])
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
622
Word Frequency Rank
1,377 of 84,292