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毛 — 4 strokes / Radical「毛」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 4 strokes / Radical「毛」
On
モウもう · mō
Kun
けke
Meaning
hair, fur

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of tufts of growing hair.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onモウもうmō毛髪もうはつ毛細管もうさいかん不毛ふもう
Kunけke毛け毛糸けいと抜け毛ぬけげ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 毛糸けいと

    yarn

  • 毛筆もうひつ

    writing brush

More words with this kanji

  • 毛虫けむし
  • 毛皮けがわ
  • 羊毛ようもう
  • 毛織物けおりもの
  • 眉毛まゆげ
  • 鴻毛こうもう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

毛糸(けいと)で マフラーを あみます。

I knit a scarf with yarn.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

毛筆毛糸毛筆writin…糸thread毟to plu…毬ball毫a fine…毯a wool…毳down卯the Ra…忙busy妄delusi…芒an awn罔a net
CompoundRadicalReading

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