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

  • 鶜 𡹰 𦽰 𧍟 𧓿

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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/形声, 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
Baxter maew
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
    打茅波 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    daa2 maau4 bo1 [Jyutping]
    to violate rules when playing ball games / to use dishonest tricks (by extension)
  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

  • 三茅
  • 三茅山
  • 三顧茅廬/三顾茅庐 (sāngùmáolú)
  • 仙茅 (xiānmáo)
  • 分茅 (fēnmáo)
  • 分茅胙土
  • 分茅裂土
  • 列土分茅
  • 初出茅廬/初出茅庐 (chūchūmáolú)
  • 前茅
  • 包茅
  • 名列前茅 (mínglièqiánmáo)
  • 土階茅屋/土阶茅屋
  • 土階茅茨/土阶茅茨
  • 大茅埔
  • 奸茅
  • 打茅波
  • 拔茅連茹/拔茅连茹
  • 朴資茅斯
  • 杜茅柴
  • 發茅/发茅
  • 白茅 (báimáo)
  • 竹籬茅舍/竹篱茅舍
  • 結茅/结茅
  • 茅土
  • 茅坑 (máokēng)
  • 茅坪 (Máopíng)
  • 茅坪場/茅坪场 (Máopíngchǎng)
  • 茅塞
  • 茅塔 (Máotǎ)
  • 茅塞頓開/茅塞顿开 (máosèdùnkāi)
  • 茅室土階/茅室土阶
  • 茅屋 (máowū)
  • 茅山 (Máo Shān)
  • 茅山道士
  • 茅山道法
  • 茅店
  • 茅廁/茅厕
  • 茅廁坑/茅厕坑
  • 茅廁的磚/茅厕的砖
  • 茅廁磚頭/茅厕砖头
  • 茅廬/茅庐 (máolú)
  • 茅廬三顧/茅庐三顾
  • 茅房 (máofáng)
  • 茅柴
  • 茅柴酒
  • 茅椽蓬牖
  • 茅池
  • 茅田 (Máotián)
  • 茅社
  • 茅箭 (Máojiàn)
  • 茅簷/茅檐
  • 茅簷土壁/茅檐土壁
  • 茅紙/茅纸
  • 茅膏菜
  • 茅臺/茅台 (Máotái)
  • 茅臺酒/茅台酒 (Máotáijiǔ)
  • 茅舍 (máoshè)
  • 苞茅
  • 茅苫
  • 苞茅不貢/苞茅不贡
  • 茅茹
  • 茅草 (máocǎo)
  • 茅茨
  • 茅茨不剪
  • 茅茨土階/茅茨土阶
  • 茅草棚
  • 茅莓
  • 茅蒲
  • 茅蜩
  • 茅躉/茅趸
  • 茅針/茅针 (máozhēn)
  • 茅黍
  • 草茅
  • 草茅之臣
  • 菁茅
  • 蓬茅
  • 藑茅 (qióngmáo)
  • 衡茅
  • 裂土分茅
  • 誅茅/诛茅
  • 頓開茅塞/顿开茅塞
  • 香茅 (xiāngmáo)
  • 黃茅瘴/黄茅瘴

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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