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毛
máo
1. hair
2. feather
3. down
4. wool
5. mildew
6. mold
7. coarse or semifinished
8. young
9. raw
10. careless
11. unthinking
12. nervous
13. scared
14. (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
15. classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = [[角<jiǎo>]] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen [[分<fēn>]])
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (20)

不毛
bùmáo
barren
五毛
wǔmáo
see [[五毛黨|五毛党<wǔmáodǎng>]]
刚毛
gāngmáo
bristle
寒毛
hánmáo
fine hair on the human body
耻毛
chǐmáo
pubic hair
惹毛
rěmáo
(coll.) to irritate
拔毛
bámáo
to pull out hair
换毛
huànmáo
to molt (of birds)
搞毛
gǎomáo
(dialect) what are you doing?
棉毛
miánmáo
knitted cotton
棕毛
zōngmáo
palm fiber
毛利
máolì
gross profit
毛刷
máoshuà
brush
毛刺
máocì
barb
毛口
máokǒu
metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe)
毛囊
máonáng
hair follicle
毛坑
máokēng
variant of [[茅坑<máokēng>]]
毛坯
máopī
semifinished products
毛姆
Máomǔ
Maugham (family name)
毛子
máozi
hairy fellow

Alternate Entries

毛
Máo
surname Mao
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
622
Word Frequency Rank
1,377 of 84,292
Radical Number
82

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