锚 — Chinese character
锚
máo
anchor
- Pinyin
- máo
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 钅 苗
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 苗
- Traditional
- 錨
Common words with 锚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抛锚 (拋錨) | pāo máo | to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down |
| 起锚 (起錨) | qǐ máo | to weigh anchor |
| 锚链 (錨鏈) | máo liàn | anchor chain |
| 下锚 (下錨) | xià máo | to drop anchor |
| 锚点 (錨點) | máo diǎn | anchor point |
| 拔锚 (拔錨) | bá máo | to weigh anchor |
| 心锚 (心錨) | xīn máo | (psychology) emotional anchor; a mental cue used to evoke a specific emotional state |
| 锚链孔 (錨鏈孔) | máo liàn kǒng | hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship) |
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.