Hanja Analyzer
毛

毛 — mo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
터럭 모
Romanization
mo
English
hair, fur, feathers; coarse
Mandarin
máo
Japanese on'yomi
モウ, ブ, ボウ
Japanese kun'yomi
け
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#1,179 of 2,500
Strokes
4
Radical
毛 (82, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+6BDB

Korean example words with 毛

  • 모질毛質 Korean gloss: 털의 품질
  • 유모有毛 Korean gloss: 털이 있음
  • 모직毛織 Korean gloss: 털실로 짠 천
  • 단모短毛 Korean gloss: 길이가 짧은 털
  • 면모面毛 Korean gloss: 얼굴에 난 잔털
  • 강모剛毛 Korean gloss: 뻣뻣하고 억센 털
  • 모공毛孔 Korean gloss: 털이 나는 작은 구멍
  • 직모直毛 Korean gloss: 곧은 머리카락이나 털
  • 탈모脫毛 Korean gloss: 털이 빠짐. 또는 그 털
  • 모골毛骨 Korean gloss: 털과 뼈를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 불모不毛 Korean gloss: 땅이 거칠고 메말라 식물이 나거나 자라지 아니함
  • 빈모貧毛 Korean gloss: 머리카락, 겨드랑이 털, 음모 따위의 숱이 적음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 毛

  • 毛け hair; fur; wool
  • 毛布もうふ blanket
  • 毛皮けがわ fur; skin; pelt
  • 髪の毛かみのけ hair (on the head); (a) hair
  • 羽毛うもう feather; plume; plumage
  • 不毛ふもう barren; sterile; infertile
  • 毛糸けいと knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
  • 羊毛ようもう wool
  • 毛筆もうひつ (writing, painting) brush
  • 毛髪もうはつ hair
  • 赤毛あかげ red hair; ginger hair
  • 毛頭もうとう (not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

Characters sharing the phonetic 毛

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “모” in Korean.

Other hanja read “모”

Other hanja with radical 毛

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