• 623rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. máo (Mao2)surname Mao
2. máo (mao2)hair • feather • down • wool • mildew • mold • coarse or semifinished • young • raw • careless • unthinking • nervous • scared • (of currency) to devalue or depreciate • classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = 1 • 10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for máo (mao2)The component is pronounced as 'máo' (mao2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
毛衣 
羊毛 

Medium Frequency

吹毛求疵 
毛主席 
毛孔 
毛巾 
毛毛 
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
毛毛雨 
毛毯 
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
毛病 
毛皮 
毛笔 (毛筆)
毛线 (毛線)
毛茸茸 
毛豆 
毛驴 (毛驢)
皮毛 
眉毛 
睫毛 
睫毛膏 
羽毛 
羽毛球 
鸡毛 (雞毛)
鹅毛 (鵝毛)
鹅毛大雪 (鵝毛大雪)
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  • 1287th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǒng (Kong3)surname Kong
2. kǒng (kong3)hole • CL:個|个[ge4] • classifier for cave dwellings

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
孔子 
毛孔 
面孔 

Medium Frequency

千疮百孔 (千瘡百孔)
孔明 
孔融 
孔雀 
插孔 
瞳孔 
穿孔 
脸孔 (臉孔)
鼻孔 
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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