Onyomi: モウ · Kunyomi: け · Meanings: down, feather, fur, hair
Kanji for down, feather, fur, hair
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毛 is a pictograph of a single strand of hair with a slight curve. In ancient writing, it showed something thin, soft, and growing from skin. Because hair and fur are made of many such strands, this shape came to mean hair, fur, or wool.
毛 is a single curved strand of hair.
Picture one loose hair falling on your arm, thin and slightly bent. That tiny strand is 毛.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 毛 | け | hair | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 毛 | もう | one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme) | Numeric |
| 毛布 | もうふ | blanket | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 毛皮 | けがわ | fur, skin, pelt | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 毛糸 | けいと | knitting wool, woolen yarn, woollen yarn | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 毛細血管 | もうさいけっかん | capillary, capillary vessel | Noun |
| 毛穴 | けあな | pore (of the skin) | Noun |
| 毛虫 | けむし | hairy caterpillar, woolly bear | Noun |
| 毛頭 | もうとう | (not) in the least, (not) at all, (not) a bit | Adverb (fukushi) |
| 毛筆 | もうひつ | (writing, painting) brush | Noun |