Hanja Analyzer
毫

毫 — ho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
터럭 호
Romanization
ho
English
fine hair; measure of length
Mandarin
háo
Japanese on'yomi
ゴウ, コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ごう.も すこし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
毛 (82, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+6BEB

How 毫 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 毫 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 高, 毛.

Korean example words with 毫

  • 추호秋毫 Korean gloss: 매우 적거나 조금인 것을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 일호一毫 Korean gloss: 한 가닥의 털이라는 뜻으로, 극히 작은 정도를 이르는 말
  • 소호小毫 Korean gloss: 작은 터럭이라는 뜻으로, 아주 적은 분량이나 정도를 이르는 말
  • 휘호하다揮毫 Korean gloss: 글씨를 쓰거나 그림을 그리다. 붓을 휘두른다는 뜻에서 나온 말이다
  • 양호필羊毫筆 Korean gloss: 양털로 촉을 만든 붓
  • 휘호식揮毫式 Korean gloss: 붓을 휘둘러 글씨를 쓰거나 그림을 그리는 행사
  • 휘호가揮毫家 Korean gloss: 붓을 휘두르며 글씨를 쓰거나 그림을 그리는 사람
  • 호말毫末 Korean gloss: 털의 끝.
  • 신호神毫 Korean gloss: 신령한 붓.
  • 일호逸毫 Korean gloss: 필치가 뛰어남.
  • 사호絲毫 Korean gloss: 몹시 적은 수량.
  • 상호霜毫 Korean gloss: 서리처럼 흰 털.

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

Japanese words with 毫

  • 揮毫きごう writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
  • 一毫いちごう (a) bit; (a) trifle
  • 毫もごうも (not) in the least; (not) at all
  • 毫釐ごうり very small quantity
  • 毫末ごうまつ minute amount
  • 毫光ごうこう light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows)
  • 白毫びゃくごう whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna
  • 寸毫すんごう (not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
  • 揮毫料きごうりょう writing or painting fee
  • 一糸一毫いっしいちごう tiny amount

Other hanja read “호”

Other hanja with radical 毛

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