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旄

máo

Character

What 旄 means

1. banner decorated with animal's tail

Other readings

旄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• màovariant of {耄|mào}

Words starting with 旄

• 旄车máo chēan ancient war chariot
• 旄倪mào nívariant of 耄倪
• 旄期mào qīvariant of 耄期

Words containing 旄

• 白旄黄钺bái máo huáng yuèwhite banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition

Characters built on 毛

These share the phonetic component 毛 (máo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 毫háohair; drawing brush; (in the) least
• 耗hàoto waste; to spend; to consume
• 髦máobang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 蚝háooyster
• 牦máoyak (Bos grunniens)
• 酕máoused in 酕醄
• 耄màoextremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian

Sounds the same

Read máo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毛hair; feather; down
• 矛spear; lance; pike
• 髦bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 茅reeds; rushes
• 猫used in 猫腰
• 锚anchor
• 牦yak (Bos grunniens)
• 酕used in 酕醄
• 蟊Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 髳bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 蝥variant of 蟊
• 茆variant of 茅; thatch