茂 — Chinese character
茂
mào
thick, lush, dense; talented
- Pinyin
- mào
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 戊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 戊
- Japanese
- 茂 as a kanji
Common words with 茂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茂盛 | mào shèng | lush |
| 茂密 | mào mì | dense (of plant growth); lush |
| 繁茂 | fán mào | (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant |
| 风华正茂 (風華正茂) | fēng huá zhèng mào | in one's prime |
| 声情并茂 (聲情並茂) | shēng qíng bìng mào | (of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom) |
| 枝繁叶茂 (枝繁葉茂) | zhī fán yè mào | (of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish |
| 根深叶茂 (根深葉茂) | gēn shēn yè mào | deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom); (fig.) well established and growing strongly |
| 茂才 | mào cái | see 秀才 (xiù cai) |
| 茂亲 (茂親) | mào qīn | one's capable and virtuous relatives |
| 隽茂 (雋茂) | juàn mào | outstanding talent |
茂 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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.
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