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牦

máo

Character Traditional 氂

What 牦 means

1. yak (Bos grunniens)

Words starting with 牦

• 牦牛máo niúyak (Bos grunniens)

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
• 酕máoused in 酕醄
• 耄màoextremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 旄máobanner decorated with animal's tail

Characters that look like 牦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 既jìalready; since; both... (and...)
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 轭èyoke

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
• 酕used in 酕醄
• 蟊Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 髳bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 旄banner decorated with animal's tail
• 蝥variant of 蟊
• 茆variant of 茅; thatch