毛(máo)

HSK 14 strokes

surname Mao

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Character information

Pinyin
máo
Meaning
surname Mao
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 毛 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿻乇一

Made of

乇tuō一yī

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 毛 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 毛

Common words using 毛 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

máo毛jīn巾
HSK 4

towel

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yī一máo毛bù不bá拔
HSK 7-9

(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)

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chū出máo毛bìng病
HSK 7-9

a problem appears

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bù不máo毛

barren

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wǔ五máo毛

fifty cents (0.5 RMB); (fig.) paltry sum of money; (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 m…

Open 五毛 page →
gāng刚máo毛

bristle

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bù不máo毛zhī之dì地

(idiom) barren land; desert

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jiǔ九niú牛yī一máo毛

(lit.) one hair from nine oxen (idiom)

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Related characters

More HSK 1 characters

一七三上下不东两

From 毛’s common words

巾一不拔出病五刚

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