Chinese Character 毫 Meanings and components.

Form

毫

Meaning

毫 meaning[3] in English

Hair.

Drawing Brush.

(In The) Least.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 毫 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , mouth (口) , and surname Mao (毛)

Its radical[1] is: 毛 (mao2) which means: Surname Mao, .毛mao2surname Mao

In cangjie it is written with YRBU

How to write 毫

To write毫hao2hair you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … 口kou3mouth , 毛mao2surname Mao arranged in a 冖 shape:

亠 + 口 + 毛 = 毫

毫 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 毫 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 毫, looks as follow:

毫
Pinyin:hao2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Hair . Drawing Brush . (In The) Least . One Thousandth . Currency Unit, 0.1 Yuan
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
毛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Surname Mao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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