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茅
máo
1. reeds
2. rushes
Common • Top 14% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

茅
máo
rushes, reeds, grass; surname
8 丶

Compound Words (20)

仙茅
xiānmáo
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)
前茅
qiánmáo
forward patrol (miitary)
包茅
bāomáo
bundled thatch
思茅
Sīmáo
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city [[普洱市]] in 2007
白茅
báimáo
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
茅坑
máokēng
latrine pit
茅屋
máowū
thatched cottage
茅山
MáoShān
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county [[句容<Jùróng>]], Jiangsu Province
茅厕
máosi
(dialect) latrine
茅庐
máolú
thatched cottage
茅房
máofáng
toilet (rural euphemism)
茅棚
máopéng
thatched shed
茅盾
MáoDùn
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
茅竹
máozhú
variant of [[毛竹<máozhú>]]
茅箭
Máojiàn
Maojian district of Shiyan city [[十堰市<Shíyànshì>]], Hubei
茅台
Máotái
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
茅舍
máoshè
cottage
茅草
máocǎo
sogon grass
香茅
xiāngmáo
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
思茅区
Sīmáoqū
Simao district of Pu'er city [[普洱市<Pǔěrshì>]], Yunnan

Alternate Entries

茅
Máo
surname Mao

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,338
Word Frequency Rank
11,570 of 84,292

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