• 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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  • 949th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ze2)pool • pond • (of metals etc) lustre • favor or beneficence • damp • moist

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

光泽 (光澤)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
润泽 (潤澤)
色泽 (色澤)

Medium Frequency

新泽西 (新澤西)
李泽楷 (李澤楷)
江泽民 (江澤民)
沼泽 (沼澤)
福泽 (福澤)
菏泽 (菏澤)
丰泽 (豐澤)
迎泽 (迎澤)
黑泽明 (黑澤明)
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  • 194th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 207 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
2. dōng (dong1)east • host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) • landlord

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
东方 (東方)
东西 (東西)

Medium Frequency

中东 (中東)
丹东 (丹東)
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
安东尼 (安東尼)
山东 (山東)
山东省 (山東省)
广东 (廣東)
广东人 (廣東人)
广东省 (廣東省)
广东话 (廣東話)
惠东 (惠東)
房东 (房東)
东亚 (東亞)
东京 (東京)
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
东区 (東區)
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东吴 (東吳)
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
东家 (東家)
东山 (東山)
东东 (東東)
东海 (東海)
东湖 (東湖)
东营 (東營)
东直门 (東直門)
东莞 (東莞)
东莞市 (東莞市)
东边 (東邊)
东部 (東部)
东阳 (東陽)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
江东 (江東)
河东 (河東)
浦东 (浦東)
福如东海 (福如東海)
股东 (股東)
华东 (華東)
关东 (關東)
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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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