1. 毛
  2. 髮

毛

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  • 623rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
毛→
㇒No glyph available
2Radical
毛→
毛fur/hair
3Graphical
毛→
㇒二乚

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 毛 máo (mao2)The component 毛 is pronounced as 'máo' (mao2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

毛 also appears in:
毛毫笔尾耗毯髦毡娓麾耄蚝氅牦艉旄毽氇氆毵眊滗雮氍毳粍毹芼

Example Words

Common

毛毛 
毛病 
毛衣 
羊毛 

Uncommon

吹毛求疵 
毛主席 
毛孔 
毛巾 
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
毛毛雨 
毛毯 
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
毛皮 
毛笔 (毛筆)
毛线 (毛線)
毛茸茸 
毛豆 
毛驴 (毛驢)
毛骨悚然 
毛发 (毛髮)
发毛 (發毛)
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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髮

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  • 47th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
髮→
髟犮
2Radical
髮→
髟hair𠂇left hand丶dot又right hand
3Graphical
髮→
彐一㇛丶彡𠂇丶㇇㇏

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fà (fa4)hair • Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 髮 fà (fa4)The component 犮 is pronounced as 'bá' (ba2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

头发 (頭髮)
发型 (髮型)

Uncommon

假发 (假髮)
卷发 (卷髮)
染发 (染髮)
洗发水 (洗髮水)
烫发 (燙髮)
理发 (理髮)
理发师 (理髮師)
理发店 (理髮店)
白发 (白髮)
秀发 (秀髮)
美发 (美髮)
脱发 (脫髮)
金发 (金髮)
长发 (長髮)
发卡 (髮卡)
发型师 (髮型師)
发廊 (髮廊)
黑发 (黑髮)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.