茅

See also: 泖
茅 U+8305, 茅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8305
← 茄
[U+8304]
CJK Unified Ideographs 茆 →
[U+8306]

Translingual

Han character

茅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈竹 (TNIH), four-corner 44222, composition ⿱艹矛)

Derived characters

  • 𡹰 𧍟 鶜 𧓿

References

  • KangXi: page 1026, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30836
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8305

Chinese

trad. 茅
simp. # 茅
alternative forms 茆

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mruː) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 矛 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • bâu/mâu - literary;
  • hm̂ - vernacular.

Rime
Character 茅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/mau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨw/
Li
Rong
/mau/
Wang
Li
/mau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
máo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 茅
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
máo
Middle
Chinese
‹ mæw ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mˁru/
English kind of grass; "thatch"

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 茅
Reading # 1/1
No. 8803
Phonetic
component
矛
Rime
group
幽
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
茅
Old
Chinese
/*mruː/

Definitions

茅

  1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) (often used as thatch)
  2. (obsolete, metonymically) thatched cottage
  3. (obsolete, figurative) Tao
    See also: 茅山
  4. (obsolete) clear
  5. (obsolete) to become damaged
  6. (Cantonese, derogatory) not abiding by the rules; cheaty
    喂,你咁茅都得嘅? [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    wai3, nei5 gam3 maau4 dou1 dak1 ge2? [Jyutping]
    Hey! How could you cheat like that?
    茅招 [Cantonese]  ―  maau4 ziu1 [Jyutping]  ―  dishonest tricks
  7. Alternative form of 旄 (máo).
  8. (historical) An ancient state in modern Shandong
  9. a surname
    茅于軾/茅于轼  ―  Máo Yúshì  ―  Mao Yushi

Synonyms

  • (cogon grass):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

茅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. thatch

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

茅 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茅: Hán Nôm readings: mao

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