旄 — Chinese character
旄
máo
old; an ancient pelt flag
- Pinyin
- máo
- Radical
- 70 ⽅ (Square)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 方 毛
- Formation
- ideographic — A flag 方 made of fur 毛; 毛 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 旄 as a kanji
Common words with 旄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旄倪 | mào ní | variant of 耄倪 (mào ní) |
| 旄期 | mào qī | variant of 耄期 (mào qī) |
| 旄车 (旄車) | máo chē | an ancient war chariot; 辆 (liàng) |
| 白旄黄钺 (白旄黃鉞) | bái máo huáng yuè | white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition |
旄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.