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:
Pronunciation clue for 毛 (mao2): The component 毛 is pronounced as 'mao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
Pinyin: Da4 tong2 Definition: Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem/Datong or Tatung district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Datong prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西/Datong or Tatung township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan
Pinyin: Da4 Qiao2 Definition: Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
Pinyin: Da4 yun4 Definition: Mandate of Heaven/the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC/usually written 大運河|大运河[Da4 yun4 he2]
Pinyin: da4 nao4 tian1 gong1 Definition: Monkey wreaks havoc in heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Pinyin: feng1 hua1 xue3 yue4 Definition: wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance/love affair/romance is in the air
Decomposition Levels: Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components. Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page. Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character. If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.