茅 — Chinese character
茅
máo
rushes, reeds, grass; surname
- Pinyin
- máo
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 艹 矛
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 矛
- Japanese
- 茅 as a kanji
Common words with 茅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名列前茅 | míng liè qián máo | to rank among the best |
| 茅台 (茅臺) | máo tái | maotai liquor 茅台酒 (máo tái jiǔ) |
| 茅台酒 (茅臺酒) | máo tái jiǔ | maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng) |
| 茅草 | máo cǎo | see 白茅 (bái máo) |
| 茅屋 | máo wū | thatched cottage |
| 茅厕 (茅廁) | máo si | (dialect) latrine |
| 前茅 | qián máo | forward patrol (military) (old); (fig.) the top ranks |
| 茅坑 | máo kēng | latrine pit; latrine |
| 茅房 | máo fáng | toilet (rural euphemism); thatched hut or house |
| 初出茅庐 (初出茅廬) | chū chū máo lú | venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced |
| 香茅 | xiāng máo | lemongrass (Cymbopogon) |
| 茅庐 (茅廬) | máo lú | thatched cottage |
English words written with 茅
茅 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 3 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 2
- Hexagram 11
- Hexagram 12
- Hexagram 28
- Mencius 3A.3
- Mencius 7B.21
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
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