毛 (máo)
body hair; fur; feather; wool
How 毛 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 毛
- Simplified
- 毛 (unchanged)
Common words using 毛
- 毛衣 máoyī
- (wool) sweater; CL:件[jian4]
- 羊毛 yángmáo
- fleece; wool; woolen
- 吹毛求疵 chuīmáoqiúcī
- lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick
- 毛孔 máokǒng
- pore
- 毛巾 máojīn
- towel; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 毛毛 máomao
- (pet name for a baby or small child)
- 毛毛蟲 máomaochóng
- caterpillar
- 毛毛雨 máomáoyǔ
- drizzle; light rain
- 毛毯 máotǎn
- blanket
- 毛病 máobìng
- fault; defect; shortcomings
- 毛皮 máopí
- fur; pelt
- 毛筆 máobǐ
- writing brush; CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]
毛 in a sentence
這件毛衣是用羊毛做的，穿起來很暖和。
Zhè jiàn máoyī shì yòng yángmáo zuò de, chuān qǐlái hěn nuǎnhuo.
“This sweater is made of wool; it feels very warm to wear.”
How common is 毛?
毛 is the 623rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 80.4% of all running text.
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